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Eyes on Oregon's $1.9 Billion Medicaid Experiment

Governor Kitzhaber sits down with the Here & Now radio program to discuss Oregon's innovative approach to health care.  (Feb. 22, 2013)

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Kitzhaber's 40-40-20 Plan

Kitzhaber explains Oregon's education plan. (December 6, 2012)

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Governor Kitzhaber's 2013-15 Balanced Budget

"Oregonians have clear piorities when it comes to state spending -- and my recommended balanced budget for the 2013-15 biennium delivers on those priorities." (November 30, 2012)

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Kitzhaber meets students, encourages grads

Kitzhaber meets students, encourages grads

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber told the class of 2025 at Metzger Elementary School Wednesday that the goal for them is a 100-percent high school completion rate. (September 5, 2012)

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Oregon's 77th Legislative Assembly Joint Floor Session with Governor John A. Kitzhaber's State of the State address

Oregon's 77th Legislative Assembly Joint Floor Session with Governor John A. Kitzhaber's State of the State address. (Jan. 14, 2013)

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How to coordinate care

Posted Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The OPB logo "Under the new CCO system, Kitzhaber argues, a community health worker would be checking in on this hypothetical nonagenarian and would prevent the expensive emergency room visit by providing her with an air-conditioner."



An alternative course

Posted Monday, April 22, 2013

The Mail Tribune logo "The Department of Education graduation report shows there has been an increase in the number of Oregon students needing more than the traditional four years to earn a high school diploma."



More than 400,000 Oregonians will be eligible for new federal health care tax credits: report

Posted Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Oregon Live logo "About 400,000 Oregonians will be eligible for new federal tax credits to help pay for health insurance premiums next year, according to a study released by a pro-reform advocacy group."



Experiment in Oregon gives Medicaid very local roots

Posted Friday, April 12, 2013

The New York Times logo "But now this state, at the pioneer’s end of the road, is testing the idea that local community difference is alive and well, and that grass-roots leadership holds the key to fixing health care in America."



Oregon's ambitious health insurance marketplace races to meet federal reform deadlines

Posted Thursday, March 28, 2013

​"It's called Cover Oregon, a key to federal health reforms that kick in Jan. 1, 2014, and it could soon become a part of your life."

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