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Oregon's insurance exchange draft plan falls short

By laura - 2010-08-18 The good news is that Oregon is getting out of the gate early, and coming up with a proposal to move an exchange forward. The bad news is that Oregon’s draft exchange plan, publicly released today falls short. We urge the Oregon Health Policy Board to significantly strengthen the proposal before sending it to the Legislature for approval.

Oregon's heath insurance exchange proposal due out today

By laura - 2010-08-13 By the end of the day today, Oregon officials will issue a draft proposal for Oregon's health insurance exchange expected to impact hundreds of thousands of Oregonians.

Plan to Cut Health Care Waste Moves Ahead in Oregon

By laura - 2010-08-12

Health care costs and Oregon's exchange

By laura - 2010-06-23 The recent opinion piece in New England Journal of Medicine by Peter R. Orszag, Ph.D., and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. is a good outline of many of the profound cost-control elements in the federal health reform law – strategies that cut waste, improve safety, and get better results for people so we spend less in the long run.

Tax breaks don't get same cuts as direct spending - this should change

By jbartholomew - 2010-06-23 Oregon Gov. Kulongoski just cut all state spending by 9%. Or did he? Tax breaks with specific policy goals are actually GROWING and cutting into education and public safety.

Oregon AG issues Scam Alert on Medicare Rebate Cons

By jbartholomew - 2010-06-11 Attorney General John Kroger warns Oregon seniors and other Medicare recipients not to provide personal information to anyone calling about the Medicare $250 rebate check.

Oregon Transparency website moving forward - a report from the Transparency Oregon Advisory Commission

By jbartholomew - 2010-05-27 - 1 Replies Today, the Transparency Oregon Advisory Commission held its second official meeting to guide the development of the state's budget transparency website. This is my summary of that meeting.

Hospital Infection Rates Go Public

By laura - 2010-05-24 - 2 Replies Oregon's first report on hospital-acquired infections was released today. How is your local hospital doing?

Tax Subsidy Transparency Doesn't Have to be Difficult

By jbartholomew - 2010-05-19 If the Department of Energy can attach a spreadsheet of pending tax credits to a press release, why can't it post it online?

Case study in why we need a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency

By jbartholomew - 2010-05-17 Guest blog post by Charlotte Bloebaum, an Oregon homeowner whose experience with her lender exemplifies why we need a Consumer Financial Protection Agency that is strong, independent and has broad oversight of consumer finance products like home and car loans, checking accounts and credit cards.

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