April 10, 2019: T.R. Reid — U.S. Could Provide Health Care For Everyone State By State
by Allan Brettman Industrial nations worldwide offer universal health care in several forms, while the United States lags and may Read more
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March 28, 2019: Panel Calls For More Collaboration Among Mental Health Services
By Allan Brettman Mental health services have fallen short for the people who need them most in Oregon — the Read more
January 30, 2019: Oregon Has Public Policy Failure In Response To Addiction Crisis, Panelists Say
By Patrick Evans The Oregon health care system is failing to address the state’s drug and alcohol addiction crisis at Read more
December 11, 2018: Oregon Legislators Detail Their Health Agenda for Upcoming Session
Five Oregon lawmakers, Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson and Reps. Mitch Greenlick, Cedric Hayden, Rob Nosse and Alissa Keny-Guyer, discussed bills Read more
November 15, 2018: Health Officials, Advocates Urge Portland Mayor To Address Homeless Crisis
Oregon Health Forum attendees urged Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler to immediately address public health crises such as hygiene, public defecation Read more
October 23, 2018: Oregon Health Experts Call for Transparency, Competition, State Action on Drug Pricing
Oregon legislators, health policy analysts and industry experts discussed the barriers to affordable drugs at an Oregon Health Forum breakfast meeting in Portland on Tuesday.
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September 27, 2018: Experts Support Single-Payer Health Care But Would It Work?
Experts at Oregon Health Forum event said a single-payer system would improve access to care, lower costs and ease enrollment, but would not be easy to implement.
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June 21, 2018: Will CCO 2.0 Go Far Enough?
Leaders push for bridges, not silos, among providers for the next stage of Medicaid in Oregon.
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April 27, 2018: Looking Beyond Healthcare in Effort to Improve Health
Panelists at Oregon Health Forum’s Social Determinants of Health breakfast forum said more data is key to addressing the ways society itself makes people sick.
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April 6, 2018: Surveying Healthcare Challenges, Wyden Sees 2017 as a Year of Wins
Speaking from downtown Portland on April 6th, 2018, the U.S. senator said Medicare and children’s health insurance programs are better off now than a year ago, though Oregon and the U.S. still have many challenges.
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