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Tell other states - Vote by mail is like - bonk, "I shou'da had a V-8"! How do I love vote by mail? let me count the ways. It gives one plenty of time to contemplate what and who you are voting for, you can esily get another ballot if you err on the ballot, it is very private voting, no long lines in inclement weather or long periods off work to stand in them, questionable or provisional ballots easily spotted, quicker results because each county can afford a more expensive counting machine by not having to pay for several voting precinct locations and people to man them. It costs just the price of a postage stamp if you cannot find someone to carry it to a drop off site. On top of this election headquarters end up with a paper ballot that can easily be recounted should it be necessary! Only drawback I might see is lack of catching up on the town gossip. I think Oregon should proselyte to the other states- VOTE BY MAIL! Sue Briggs

posted 4 years, 6 months ago
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Union, Oregon's Health Center as well as Elgins is transititioning from coverage from coverage with Nurse Practitioners from OHSU School of Nursing at Eastern Oregon University in LaGrande.
We, Cove-Union-North Powder Medical Association (CUP) feel it is important to have local coverage and will be persuing a health district that eventually will employ up to a couple Nurse Practitioners and at least parttime services of a physician offering primary care, home visits, wellness clinics, school clinics, classes related to health to the communities.
Attracting health care personnel to rural communities is a hugh problem. In the long run, I suggest we try to "grow" our health care providers by providing excellent incentives to send our promising youth to train to return to us. If raised rurally they will come back.
For short term I wonder if there could be incentives to physicians who want to retire to rural areas to work parttime, and that we aggressively work with Medical and nursing schools to allow practicum rotation to our clinic and the community participate by embracing them while here. Hopefully they will be "hooked" to our quality of life.

posted 4 years, 10 months ago
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