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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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