MVHCA Video Library
View our featured videos below! We also suggest you check out the YouTube channel of our friends at One Payer States where you can find hundreds of single-payer videos in their playlists.
Now Is the Time is a MVHCA-produced short documentary that highlights the struggles of regular Oregonians with our privatized health care system, and the high level of support for universal health care in the state.
Three Thai doctors talk about the health care system in Thailand at the Corvallis Farmer’s Market.
A Corvallis man talks about healthcare in Ecuador
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Our Outreach and Communications Committee meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 7 – 8 pm on Zoom.
Blog
Medicare Advantage, also known as Medicare Part C, has become more and more popular as an alternative to traditional Medicare. As of 2022, 48% of Medicare users had a Medicare Advantage plan. This is an increase from 22% in 2008.
What is the difference between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare? How do Medicare Advantage insurers profit off our confusion? How do I know what kind of Medicare plan is right for me?
House Bill 2362 was passed through the Oregon legislature and signed into law by Governor Kate Brown in 2021. This new law created the Health Care Market Oversight Program (HCMO), which oversees all health care mergers, acquisitions, and consolidation transactions in Oregon. HCMO evaluated a proposed transaction between the Corvallis Clinic and Optum Oregon. READ MORE
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are part of a pilot program, designed by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), with the express goal of identifying approaches that reduce costs or improve quality of care. Our investigations show that instead, for-profit ACOs take public money intended for Medicare beneficiaries and funnel it to their investors without showing any measurable improvement in quality of care. Here are the facts: