Empower Activists Attend Portland OHPB Community Meeting
Last month the Oregon Health Authority finished a series of community meetings across the state to hear from community members about what they would like to see in the transformation of the Oregon Health Plan. Workers, consumers, and family members from all different walks of life came to these meetings and spoke out with a clear message. Wellness based quality health care starts with quality mental health and addictions services that follow three principles:
- Puts patients and families first: Not the needs of insurance companies.
- Empowers consumers to make good choices for themselves.
- Creates quality health care jobs filled by a well-trained workforce with quality standards for care, compensation, and staffing levels.
The work done by advocates for quality mental health and addictions services at these meetings has started to have a real impact on the conversation about what’s important in health care transformation. However, our fight continues as we get closer to real decisions being made about the shape of health care transformation in Oregon. What is most important now is for people like you to continue to speak out for quality mental health and addictions services.
Empower Oregon created this form to collect stories from people like you about why health care transformation is important to you. These stories will be used to educate key decision makers on the importance of quality mental health and addictions services. Please take a minute today to share how your personal experience shines a light on what needs to be fixed with the mental health or addictions treatment system to make services more efficient and accessible.
Please take a minute to share your story today.