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Check out what’s going on with Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates below.

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Meetings

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Universal healthcare picnic at Corvallis park

Upcoming Events

Info and Zoom invites for upcoming committee meetings and other events.

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Rallies

Date, time, and address information of our next rallies.

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Living room conversations

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Newsletters

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MVHCA Finance Committee meeting via Zoom
May 7
MVHCA Finance Committee meeting via Zoom

The finance committee meets the first Tuesday of each month at 9:30 am and manages the internal finances of Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates.

Legislative Committee Meeting
May 10
Legislative Committee Meeting

The Legislative Committee meets on the 2nd Friday of every month from 10:15 – 11:45am at Good Samaritan Episcopal Church in Corvallis.

Outreach Committee Meeting via Zoom
May 14
Outreach Committee Meeting via Zoom

Our Outreach and Communications Committee meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 7 – 8 pm on Zoom.

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Consequences of the Optum/Corvallis Clinic March 2024 Merger
Consequences of the Optum/Corvallis Clinic March 2024 Merger

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

What’s Wrong with ACOs?
What’s Wrong with ACOs?

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:

SB 1089 Governance Board Nominations!
SB 1089 Governance Board Nominations!

The Universal Health Care Governance Board established by the passage of Senate Bill 1089 (SB 1089) has nominated its members! The nine nominees are listed in-full in this post. The confirmation hearing is scheduled for February 6th, time TBA.