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Oregon Health Policy Board holds first meeting; appoints committees
Oregon Health Policy Board holds first meeting; appoints committees
Oregon took the next step in its health reform movement with the launch of the Oregon Health Policy Board on Nov. 10, 2009. The nine-member citizen board serves as the policy-making and advisory body for the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), the new agency created by the 2009 Legislature. During its first meeting, the board appointed members to its Public Employee Benefit Purchasers Committee and the Health Care Workforce Committee.
Vision
A healthy Oregon
Mission
Helping people and communities achieve optimum physical, mental and social well-being through partnerships, prevention and access to quality, affordable health care.
What is OHA?
HealthyOregonians
The new Oregon Health Authority (OHA) will transform the state's system to make quality health care accessible and affordable for every Oregonian.
What's happening now in health care reform
Healthy Kids
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Building a healthy future
The Oregon Health Authority is a new state agency created by House Bill 2009. Although the state is in the planning stages for organizing the new agency by July 2011, work to change the health care system is happening now. Visit this Web site regularly to learn how OHA is being organized and to track progress on its health care reform policy agenda.
Priorities
• Expanding health care coverage and access to all Oregonians
• Transforming health care delivery
• Improving population health
• Reducing per capita health care costs
News
House Bill 2009
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