If I had to start my collaborative all over again, I would start it in the way that Lane County did. Having the right people at the table and a respected community convener like United Way are the ingredients for long-term success.
--Kristen West, CHOICE Regional Health Network, Olympia WA
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Whatever these dedicated community leaders come up with will be 1,000 percent better than what the federal government is prepared to offer Lane County’s uninsured residents today.
--Register Guard August 19, 2006
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Lane County’s initiative and others like it across the country expand health care by building systems that emphasize giving rather than profits. With a core mission of care, they persuade everyone to pitch in....
--Oregonian August 8, 2006
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Because true collaborative leadership is perhaps the hardest kind of leadership to practice in the real world, we feel it’s important to acknowledge it in Oregon when it occurs.
--American Leadership Forum’s Collaborative Leadership Honor Roll for 2006 award letter
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It is an astonishing example of coordination and cooperation…if we can’t do it, I don’t know who can.
--Terry Coplin, CEO Lane Individual Practice Association
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We’re ultimately talking about people having the right care at the right place at the right time.
--Ken Provencher, President and CEO, PacificSource Health Plans
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