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WEBHow Minnesota figures into the presidential politics of insulin prices. Minnesota led the way on insulin affordability, culminating in 2020 when Gov. Tim Walz signed a law going further to cut costs than other state laws. Now, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are vying for support from people with diabetes.
Oregon’s landmark evidence-based coverage program is going …
WEBJul 30, 2024 · For three decades the state has used public meetings and research to decide what services are covered under the Oregon Health Plan. Officials are deciding how to reorganize the program, but little has been shared publicly about their plans.
Insurance Giant UnitedHealth Expands Into Oregon Primary Care
WEBApr 21, 2022 · Optum Health’s primary care and specialty clinics are giving the parent company a big financial boost. In 2021, Optum Health reported $4.4 billion in profits on $54 billion in revenue, a sizeable chunk of UnitedHealth’s overall profit of $16 billion on revenues of $287 billion. Optum Health has grown fast.
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WEBDr. Matthias Merkel, OHSU senior associate chief medical officer for capacity management and patient flow, and Stephanie Gilliam, director of OHSU Mission Control, give a tour of the newly remodeled nerve center for a program that tracks and coordinates hospital resources on Sept. 17, 2024.JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
Lack Of Affordable Housing Is Biggest Cause Of Homelessness, …
WEBMay 31, 2019. “Homelessness is caused by a lack of housing, full stop.”. It really is that simple, Dr. Margot Kushel, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco, told an audience Friday morning at the Oregon Health Forum. Homelessness, she said, can’t be blamed on an opioid epidemic or shortcomings in the mental ...
State inaction left Oregon teens vulnerable to fentanyl’s fatal spread
WEBMar 7, 2023 · Many counterfeit pills containing fentanyl are indistinguishable from oxycodone. High school overdoses and news of fentanyl seizures grab public attention — among Oregonians aged 15 to 24, there were 73 fentanyl-related deaths in 2021 alone, according to federal data. But lesser known is how the addiction crisis among Oregon teens is intensifying just as youth treatment beds in the state ...
Oregon Health Care Workers Increasingly Turn To Unions
WEBJun 21, 2022 · The state’s health care workers are increasingly turning to labor unions and organizing, bargaining and seeking better pay and working conditions two years after COVID-19 hammered the industry. The shift reflects concerns about safety in the health care industry and is part of a broader push to organize, from logistics workers at Amazon ...
Analysis: Six things to know about the big CareOregon merger
WEBJan 16, 2024 · This article has been updated to incorporate additional reporting. State officials on Jan. 17 are scheduled to make Oregon health care history when they issue a recommendation on whether to approve the merger of CareOregon — a Portland-based nonprofit that provides care to 500,000 low-income people — into a California-based entity known as SCAN Group.
Oregon To Lead Nation In Setting Minimum Amount For Hospital …
WEBJun 20, 2019 · Since plummeting from $844 million in 2013 to a low of $315 million in 2015, statewide charity care spending by hospitals rose to nearly $430 million in 2017, Oregon Health Authority data show. A total of $124 million was spent in the first quarter of 2018, about 0.4 percent higher than the first quarter of 2017 according to the most recently ...