Past Forums

Sept. 8, 2025 | Youth in Crisis: With diminished federal funds how can Oregon give young people a better chance at a healthier life?

Young people’s health depends on more than just medical care—it’s driven by stability, access and opportunity. In the wake of Read more

June 18th, 2025 | Seeking Solutions to Oregon’s Primary Care Quandary

Some surveys claim Oregon has enough primary care providers, while others echo the stories we’ve all heard of how hard Read more

May 6, 2025 | Oregon’s Health Care Cost Spiral: When and How Can It End?

Health care costs in Oregon have been soaring in recent years, and not only due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So Read more

March 5th, 2025 | Battling Health Inequities: Responding Locally Amid Federal Changes

In the wake of federal policy shifts, Oregon is facing widening health inequities among its most vulnerable populations. Join OHF Read more

January 7th, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Preview

Oregon lawmakers are gearing up for a packed 2025 session that tackles behavioral and rural health, workforce development, Oregon Health Read more

October 16, 2024 | Oregon’s Patient Care Transformation: Is there a CEO at your bedside?

As corporations and private equity firms increasingly absorb medical clinics, experts are raising concerns over the corporate practice of medicine. Read more

August 21, 2024 | Oregon’s Primary Care System Fails Patients and Providers. What’s the Cure?

Patients in Oregon often can’t find primary care providers; when they do, visits are short and rushed, depriving them of Read more

July 31, 2024 | Oregon’s Health Crossroads: How Can the State Replace its Pioneering System to Battle Wasteful Care?

Nearly 30 years ago, Oregon launched a system to require care covered by the Oregon Health Plan to be cost-effective Read more

June 26, 2024 | Oregon’s Health Crossroads: Can the State’s Medicaid Program Help Fix our Behavioral Health System?

Oregon ranks among the worst states in behavioral health access, and estimates suggest new funding approved by the Legislature will Read more

April 24, 2024 | Oregon’s Health Crossroads: A Decade after Reforms, What’s Next?

Little more than a decade ago, state leaders won national acclaim with ambitious reforms to the Oregon Health Plan. The Read more