A pair of leading state Democratic lawmakers shared the stage Friday with the House Republican leader at the Portland City Club and gave a promising preview of what’s to come in the 2015 legislative session: a statewide law that would make Oregon the fourth state to mandate that employers give paid time off for sick employees.
Pharmaceutical companies handed out at least $40.7 million to Oregon physicians and healthcare institutions between 2009 and 2003.Undoubtedly, this figure does not represent all of the money, according to ProPublica because of the voluntary participation.
A coalition of health professionals, law enforcement, substance abuse workers, civic volunteers and others are planning a big push to try and curb the prescription drug abuse epidemic that is plaguing Oregon.
Regence would have to deduct the cost of reconciling the books for its last-minute request to be paid for claims as old as 2010 to get money from a federal high-risk account that dissolves at the end of the year.
A new study conducted by the University of Michigan found that teens prescribed anti-anxiety or sleep medication are up to 12 times more likely to abuse prescription drugs than those who had never been prescribed such medication. In response to this research, Novus Medical Detox Center urges parents to seek non-medical solutions for their children’s anxiety or insomnia, and encourages parental intervention for teens already using prescription medications.
