SUSIE CHRISTOFF HAS TRIED A NUMBER OF MEDICATIONS FOR HER PAINFUL PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS BUT THEY ALWAYS MADE HER SWELL UP./CHRIS BARTLETT/FOR KAISER HEALTH NEWS
The state has the highest mortality rate in the country but a move by the Oregon Health Authority to expand expensive treatment could wipe out the virus, if medical modeling is correct.
A company is marketing a drug intended as a preventive for people at risk for heart disease with stunning statistics but has not yet released details of its study.
The industry has given big bucks to U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, who chairs a powerful congressional committee, but has ignored Rep. Peter DeFazio, who is not on any committees that influence drug legislation.
Oct 29, 2018
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JON BARTHOLOMEW OF AARP, HEALTH POLICY ANALYST JANE HORVATH, HEALTH INSURANCE CONSULTANT TERRANCE KILLILEA AND SEN. ELIZABETH STEINER HAYWARD DISCUSSED DRUG PRICING AT AN OREGON HEALTH POLICY FORUM./EDIS JURCYS PHOTOGRAPHY
Oregon legislators, health policy analysts and industry experts discussed the barriers to affordable drugs at an Oregon Health Forum breakfast meeting in Portland on Tuesday.