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Oregon’s Low-Income Vets Could Get Dental Treatment Under Legislation

Veterans would gain “some esteem and dignity” with better care, supporters say.

Feb 10, 2022

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State Officials Prep For Oregon Health Plan Shakeup

Plans are taking shape in the Legislature to keep people enrolled when kicked off the Oregon Health Plan.

Feb 10, 2022
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PAMELA WINN, A REGISTERED NURSE BY TRAINING, WAS PREGNANT WHEN INCARCERATED IN 2008. AFTER A MISCARRIAGE, SHE WAS PUT INTO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR WHAT SHE WAS TOLD WAS MEDICAL OBSERVATION. THAT EIGHT MONTHS IN SOLITARY SCARRED HER FOR LIFE, SHE SAYS./KATJA RIDDERBUSCH/KHN

Solitary Confinement Condemns Many Prisoners To Long-Term Health Issues

At the height of the pandemic last year, up to 300,000 incarcerated individuals were in solitary, according to estimates.

Oct 5, 2021

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Oregon CCOs Prepare To Serve Children’s Social And Emotional Needs

Under a “first in the country” metric, Medicaid providers must prove their plans are improving the social and emotional health of children up to age 5 within the next three years.

Sep 23, 2021
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Hidden Drugs And Danger Lurk In Over-The-Counter Supplements, Study Finds

A study published in JAMA Network Open found that many dietary supplements contained hidden active ingredients that are unsafe or unstudied.

Oct 15, 2018

Idaho antitrust case unintentionally highlights information blocking

A new review of documents from that case by the Idaho Statesman newspaper revealed a fine example of what Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services have dubbed “information blocking”.

Aug 11, 2015