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How Group Health Is Holding Costs Down: A KHN Interview With CEO Scott Armstrong

It’s great to see this piece on Scott Armstrong, Group Health President and CEO, being interviewed by Bara Vaida with  Kaiser Health News. This was taped prior to the House of Representatives’ vote to repeal the health law. He talks about shared decision making, accountable care organizations and more. Check out the interview.  Continue reading ‘How Group Health Is Holding Costs Down: A KHN Interview With CEO Scott Armstrong’

Historic step gives more Americans access to care

Passage of major health care reform legislation in the House on Sunday is a momentous, positive step to expand coverage to more Americans.

There are, of course, many details still to be determined, and the impact of a variety of specific measures is still unclear. But the bill will expand coverage—via Medicaid and subsidized premiums for individual and family plans—to bring health care to more than 32 million people nationally, and almost 500,000 people here in Washington state.

In some ways, the work is just beginning for us at Group Health. Continue reading ‘Historic step gives more Americans access to care’