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About the Program
Join City Club of Portland and Oregon Health Forum for a moderated conversation with health care leaders focused on the real-world challenges of addressing Oregon’s health care access crisis. Building on the themes identified in Part 1, this conversation will examine what it takes to move from analysis to implementation, including the practical realities leaders face when putting policy into action.
Panelists
- Rachel Prusak – Nurse Practitioner; Former State Legislator; Executive Director, Oregon State Board of Nursing
- Jack Friedman – Former CEO of Providence Health Plans; Chair, PacificSource Health Plans
- Dr. Antonio (Tony) Germann – Medical Director, Salud and Pacific pediatrics clinics, Yakima Valley Farm Workers clinic system (FQHC)
Moderator
- William Kramer – Former Executive Director of Health Policy, Purchaser Business Group on Health; Member, Oregon Health Policy Board
Acknowledgments
Thank you to City Club’s Winter 2026 season sponsors: AARP Oregon, Fight Against Sex Trafficking, Hospital Association of Oregon, Tonkon Torp, and the Don Sterling Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation; and to Oregon Health Forum’s annual sponsors, CareOregon and The Heatherington Foundation for Innovation and Education in Health Care.
And finally, a special thank you to the Oregon’s Health Care Access Crisis series sponsors Baker Tilly and Physicians for a National Health Program.
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