Skip to main content
Street Roots Donate
Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper
For those who can't afford free speech
Twitter Facebook RSS Vimeo Instagram
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
  • Contact
  • Job Openings
  • Donate
  • About
  • future home
  • Vendors
  • Rose City Resource
  • Advocacy
  • Support
News
  • Social Justice
  • Housing
  • Environment
  • Culture
  • Opinion
  • Orange Fence Project
  • Podcasts
  • Vendor Profiles
  • Archives

Search results

Sort by

  • Relevance
  • Date

Results

  1. What's next for Oregon Health Plan?

    Uncertainty about the fate of the Affordable Care Act spells confusion for Oregon Health Plan patients and providers and leaves the state facing tough budget decisions The Oregon Health Plan is reputed to be one of the most innovative and ambitious Medica ...

    2 Feb 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe

  2. The job of protecting Oregonians’ health isn't over

    COMMENTARY | Extending insurance coverage to more people would be a big step forward Take all the people who live in Eugene and Salem, Oregon’s second- and third-largest cities.  Add to that the population of Corvallis, the state’s tenth-largest city.  Wh ...

    21 Apr 2016 - Janet Bauer

  3. An illustrated outcry: Patients’ stories reach a wider, influential audience painted on the backs of business suits

    Regina Holliday wears many hats. She is is an activist, artist, speaker and author. She uses the tools of technology and social media to better understand the patient condition and the landscape of medicine. But nothing had prepared her for the experience ...

    22 Apr 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar

  4. City Club to study Medicaid expansion, homeless impact

    Health care reform at the federal level and expansion of the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) provide an opportunity to increase access to health care and improve health outcomes for thousands of Oregonians, especially those experiencing homelessness. More than h ...

    19 Mar 2014 - Kathy Black

  5. Erin Janssens chief of Portland Fire & Rescue talks about the changing role the bureau plays

    The word “firefighter” often conjures up images of burly men clad in heat-resistant suits and iconic firefighter hats, wielding axes and pulling people from burning houses and kittens from trees. But in recent decades, fire departments, particularly in ur ...

    11 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas

  6. Health reform long overdue for people leaving prison

    More than 4,000 people leave Oregon state prisons each year, and many more are released from county jails. This population suffers from disproportionately high rates of untreated infectious and chronic disease, mental health disorders and substance abuse ...

    28 Jan 2014 - Gina Anzaldúa

  7. Sasha Abramsky talks poverty — American style

    The title of author Sasha Abramsky’s new book, “The American Way of Poverty,” might sound a bit patronizing to patriotic ears, given that Abramsky was born in Great Britain and attended Oxford University. But living now in his mother’s homeland of America ...

    28 Jan 2014 - Jay Thiemeyer

  8. Oregon prepares for $20 million mental health roll-out

    Oregon’s mental health care systems gained attention and new money from the 2013 legislative sessions-- and more is on the way. While this is good news for Portlanders, especially those experiencing homelessness, mental health problems or addiction, it’s ...

    18 Nov 2013 - Jasmine Rockow

  9. Dr. Adewale Troutman: Disparities in our lives reflect in our health

    The president of the American Public Health Association, Dr. Adewale Troutman has devoted his 40 years of work to health equity within active communities, leading him to found the first Center for Health Equity. This summer, the Coalition for a Liveable F ...

    4 Nov 2013 - Alex Zielinski

  10. Better solutions are on the front end, not the back

    When discussing re-entry barriers with a formerly incarcerated person a few years ago, I was struck by the need for Oregon to grapple with a rhetorical question the young man was posing. “When will we actually put corrections in the Department of Correcti ...

    8 Oct 2013 - David Rogers

Pages

  • 1
  • 2
  • next »

Filter by post date:

Filter by issue:

Filter by section:

Filter by tags:

  • health care Remove health care filter
    • Affordable Care Act Remove Affordable Care Act filter
  • Medicaid Expansion (3) Apply Medicaid Expansion filter
  • Oregon Health Plan (3) Apply Oregon Health Plan filter
  • Coordinated Care Organizations (2) Apply Coordinated Care Organizations filter
  • health care reform (2) Apply health care reform filter
  • homelessness (2) Apply homelessness filter
  • Medicaid (2) Apply Medicaid filter
  • mental health (2) Apply mental health filter
  • Oregon Department of Corrections (2) Apply Oregon Department of Corrections filter
  • Partnership for Safety and Justice (2) Apply Partnership for Safety and Justice filter
  • American poverty (1) Apply American poverty filter
  • Art and Literature (1) Apply Art and Literature filter
  • Blue Button (1) Apply Blue Button filter
  • Cascadia Behavioral Health (1) Apply Cascadia Behavioral Health filter
  • CCOs (1) Apply CCOs filter
  • Cesar Chavez (1) Apply Cesar Chavez filter
  • Chief Erin Janssens (1) Apply Chief Erin Janssens filter
  • Citizens Crime Commission (1) Apply Citizens Crime Commission filter
  • City Budget (1) Apply City Budget filter
  • City Club of Portland (1) Apply City Club of Portland filter
  • civil rights movement (1) Apply civil rights movement filter
  • co-occurring addctions (1) Apply co-occurring addctions filter
  • Coalition for a Livable Future (1) Apply Coalition for a Livable Future filter
  • criminal justice reform (1) Apply criminal justice reform filter
  • David Rogers (1) Apply David Rogers filter
  • Department of Corrections (1) Apply Department of Corrections filter
  • DHS (1) Apply DHS filter
  • economic inequality (1) Apply economic inequality filter
  • Economic recession (1) Apply Economic recession filter
  • Electronic Medical Records (1) Apply Electronic Medical Records filter
  • Erinn Kelley-Siel (1) Apply Erinn Kelley-Siel filter
  • first responders (1) Apply first responders filter
  • Gina Anzaldua (1) Apply Gina Anzaldua filter
  • HB 3194 (1) Apply HB 3194 filter
  • HB 3332 (1) Apply HB 3332 filter
  • Health Information Technology (1) Apply Health Information Technology filter
  • Healthcare (1) Apply Healthcare filter
  • House Bill 3601 (1) Apply House Bill 3601 filter
  • Housing (1) Apply Housing filter
  • inmate release (1) Apply inmate release filter
  • Jake Thomas (1) Apply Jake Thomas filter
  • Jamie Montoya (1) Apply Jamie Montoya filter
  • Jasmine Rockow (1) Apply Jasmine Rockow filter
  • Jason Renaud (1) Apply Jason Renaud filter
  • Jay Thiemeyer (1) Apply Jay Thiemeyer filter
  • Jen McCabe (1) Apply Jen McCabe filter
  • Justice Reinvestment grant program (1) Apply Justice Reinvestment grant program filter
  • Kaiser Permanente (1) Apply Kaiser Permanente filter
  • Kathy Black (1) Apply Kathy Black filter

Filter by author:

  • Amanda Waldroupe (2) Apply Amanda Waldroupe filter
  • Alex Zielinski (1) Apply Alex Zielinski filter
  • David Rogers (1) Apply David Rogers filter
  • Gina Anzaldúa (1) Apply Gina Anzaldúa filter
  • Jake Thomas (1) Apply Jake Thomas filter
  • Janet Bauer (1) Apply Janet Bauer filter
  • Jasmine Rockow (1) Apply Jasmine Rockow filter
  • Jay Thiemeyer (1) Apply Jay Thiemeyer filter
  • Kathy Black (1) Apply Kathy Black filter
  • Steve Novick (1) Apply Steve Novick filter
  • Suzanne Zalokar (1) Apply Suzanne Zalokar filter
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
  • © 2021 Street Roots. All rights reserved. To request permission to reuse content, email editor@streetroots.org.
  • Read Street Roots' commenting policy
  • Support Street Roots
  • Like what you're reading? Street Roots is made possible by readers like you! Your support fuels our in-depth reporting, and each week brings you original news you won't find anywhere else. Thank you for your support!

  • DONATE