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Members in The News

House approves Telfer priority bill providing
Oregonians with access to affordable healthcare

Senate Bill 862 would empower communities to provide workers with access to health care services by forging partnerships between employers, employees and community providers.

State of Oregon Awards Access to Care Grants 01/20/2009

The Oregon Department of Human Services awarded a $250,000 grant to two Oregon organizations:

  • HealthMatters of Central Oregon, a community health collaborative serving Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties, and
  • United Way of Lane County, which serves uninsured Lane County residents through its 100% Access Healthcare Initiative.

The grants will assist these two organizations to develop innovative ways to improve Oregon families’ access to health care that is affordable and effective.

 

“Project Access: Giving Back at Home”

Hamilton County Project Access, Tennessee
By Joseph B. Cofer, MD, FACS
January 2008, Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons

Northeast Oregon Network 5/21/2008

The Northeast Oregon Network (NEON) and the Center for Human Development, Inc. (CHD) recently received a three-year $500,000 grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to assist in meeting the diverse health needs of rural eastern Oregon.

St. Joseph Health System on Capitol Hill 5/1/2008

On April 29, leadership from St. Joseph Health System joined more than 60 colleagues from Ascension Health hospitals around the country on a visit to Capitol Hill to advocate for 100% access to healthcare and 100% coverage.

Solano County 01/17/2008

After six years of research, the Center for Community Health Studies at the University of Southern California released the data showing that Healthy Kids, a locally funded health insurance program for children, saves California and the federal government up to $7.3 million a year in health care costs.
(See attached PDF)


Muskegon, Michigan 01/14/2008

Ottawa County is behind the pace of Muskegon County in establishing an access to health care program to help uninsured and underinsured citizens gain access to adequate health coverage. More than 1,000 workers in Muskegon County are already in the Access Health program through their employers.
www.access-health.org

 

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