Result
New plan could cut over $200 million in health care waste
A groundbreaking plan between insurance companies, hospitals and other providers to cut administrative waste goes into effect in 2012. The plan is estimated to save up to $200 million annually by streamlining the mountains of wasteful administrative paperwork that bog down health care providers. OSPIRG's Laura Etherton co-chaired the effort, and led the negotiations.
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OSPIRG Statewide Vice-Chair and SOU Chapter Chair, Tommy Letchworth, with State Senator Alan Bates after their panel discussing how to reduce the influence of money in politics. -
Lane Community College student Bill Shook works to ban plastic water bottles on campus. -
Students at Southern Oregon University gather petitions to reduce plastic bag usage in the city of Ashland. -
University of Oregon students and staff remind their peers to turn in their ballots on election day. -
University of Oregon students with Oregon Attorney General John Kroger. -
Fast Trains ARE Cool. -
Students volunteer at a local garden for the National Hunger Cleanup. -
Southern Oregon University campaign coordinators presenting their campaigns at the fall 2011 kickoff meeting. -
Students campaign for High Speed Rail. -
ASUO President Ben Eckstein speaks at the UO kickoff meeting. -
UO Chapter Chair, Charles Denson, interviewed by the local news regarding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Plastic Bag Monster fights the UO Ducks. Go Ducks! -
Katie Taylor speaking at the Lane Community College kickoff meeting. -
Students travel to Washington D.C. -
Fall 2011 Board of Directors. -
We collect petition signatures - lots of them! -
Power Shift West 2009 organizers with State Representative Jefferson Smith. -
Power Shift West 2011 keynote address. -
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