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In its early years, GoFundMe funded honeymoon trips, graduation gifts, and church missions to overseas hospitals in need. Now it has become a go-to platform for patients trying to escape medical billing nightmares. | ERIC HARKLEROAD/KFF HEALTH NEWS

GoFundMe has become a health care utility

GoFundMe has become a go-to platform for patients trying to escape medical billing nightmares

Feb 15, 2024

CMS Director Visits Portland, Dotes on Oregon Medicaid Reform

Andy Slavitt, the acting director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, favors approving Oregon’s waiver to continue the work of CCOs. He was also on hand to encourage more people to sign up for health insurance on healthcare.gov, particularly the 26,000 Oregonians who are currently buying plans off-market but could get subsidies inside the exchange.

Oct 28, 2016

Small, Rural Hospitals Struggle with Funding, Recruiting

The Lund Report examined Oregon’s 10 hospital districts: Bay Area Hospital, Blue Mountain Hospital, Coquille Valley Hospital, Curry General Hospital, Harney District Hospital, Lake District Hospital, Lower Umpqua Hospital, Pioneer Memorial Hospital-Heppner, Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center and Wallowa Memorial Hospital

Aug 11, 2016
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