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July 1, 2013 -- Northwest Portland’s Friendly House is launching a new program to support low-income people, most typically children, youth, and their families, but also families of choice, living in the Chapman School catchment area, a long-ignored segment within the popular urban core.

Its fiscal year 2013 budget calls for a 2.5 percent tuition hike – down from 4 percent in recent years – and promises incoming students their tuition rates will stay the same throughout their education at OHSU.

This work force is intended to help people lead healthier lives, as well as save money

July 1, 2013 -- Whether Oregon’s new health exchange program created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will lead to lower insurance costs or is a pending death spiral set on a path to implode the market, depends on who you ask.

A bill passed the House that eliminates copays for the additional costs that diabetic women face when pregnant, while the budget committee is struggling to determine how much tax money is needed to screen uninsured women for breast and cervical cancer. Both bills were initiatives of the Oregon Women’s Health and Wellness Alliance.