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John Kitzhaber's Oregon Dream

​In healthcare, Kitzhaber’s goal is to provide a financial incentive to doctors and hospitals to pursue less expensive diagnostic and treatment models, and to spend more time cultivating preventive and primary care relationships with patients. (May 21, 2013)

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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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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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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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Raising the Grade on Infrastructure: Money, Methods and Message

Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013

Governing logo "For instance, in Oregon, Gov. John Kitzhaber (one of the authors of this column) has proposed a statewide center of infrastructure planning that would, among other things, help develop standard lifecycle cost analysis of all major capital spending projects and enable the bundling of smaller projects to help local governments engage private capital."



John Kitzhaber's Oregon Dream

Posted Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Nation logo "In healthcare, Kitzhaber’s goal is to provide a financial incentive to doctors and hospitals to pursue less expensive diagnostic and treatment models, and to spend more time cultivating preventive and primary care relationships with patients."



Is the future of American health care in Oregon?

Posted Monday, May 20, 2013

The Washington Post logo “The governor has a notion that you can move away from medical billing and towards a more flexible approach to health-care spending that makes more sense for the community,” John McConnell, a health economist at Oregon Health and Science University, is telling me. Then he stops. “You’ve heard the air conditioner story, right?”



Oregon may be the White House’s favorite health exchange

Posted Monday, May 20, 2013

The Washington Post logo "One key premise in the health care law is that, when insurance companies compete on an evening playing field, premiums will drop."



Lawmakers pleased with 'Cover Oregon' test

Posted Saturday, May 18, 2013

The KOBI5/NBC logo "Officials say they have some good news regarding Oregon's future online insurance marketplace."



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