OHC: Research and documentation

Existing Wikipedia projects to tap into:

• WikiProject Oregon, and active project focusing on coverage of Oregon
• WikiProject Health, a much less active project focusing on coverage of health

Wikipedia articles:

• Oregon Health Plan
• Death with Dignity Act
• History of Oregon
• Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly (the most recent two years of legislative sessions in Oregon)

Legislators and influential public figures:

• Alan Bates, a doctor and state legislator from southern Oregon
• Mitch Greenlick, a professor and state legislator from Portland's west side
• John Kitzhaber, a doctor and former governor, founder of the Archimedes Movement
  • Interesting link
• Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator pursuing health care legislation on the national level

Recent legislative efforts:

• Healthy Oregon Act, passed in 2007

Random notes:

• In 2006, the Oregon Medical Association declared universal access to health care to be its number 1 priority.[1] Policy Statement Regarding Health Care Reform -- approved?

Pete's notes

These notes are older and less organized -- should be incorporated into what's above.

Project: Organize efforts to document historical policy context. Create a page that links to existing resources, and identifies those that we should be contributing to (like Wikipedia articles). Write a list of priorities for documentation.

People and lists to notify for Sept:

• Christina (doctor)
• Joe (doctor)
• Bus project
• A legislator or three: Ginny Burdick, Mitch Greenlick? Ben Cannon? Wyden staff? Merkley or Smith campaign?
• Wendi

I'm working on the Oregon Health Plan article on Wikipedia, trying to improve my understanding of recent legislative and policy history. May branch out to other articles, but for now that seems like a good place to build up content. Help is welcome!

Also, I created a page for the text of the Healthy Oregon Act. It's just in plain text on the official page; let's wiki it up so it's more accessible.

QUESTION -- what is the relationship between the Oregon Better Health Act (SB 27 of 2007, did not pass) and the Healthy Oregon Act (SB 329 of 2007, passed)

• Archimedes Movement initiated OBHA, who initiated HOA?
• What was the timing -- did HOA arise due to the failure of OBHA?
• What were the substantive differences between them? Why did one pass, while the other failed?