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Bart Klion says the doctors who have treated him and his wife “have made it possible for us to live an active and productive life.” But those health care providers are leaving the Klions’ Medicare Advantage plan. The New York couple were told they needed to find new doctors or other health insurance by March 31. | HANS PENNINK/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Your doctor or your insurer? Little-known rules may ease the choice in Medicare Advantage

As patients get caught in insurer-hospital contract disputes, they may be able to tap federal rules allowing special enrollment under “exceptional circumstances,” allowing beneficiaries who qualify to change plans or return to original Medicare
Mar 31, 2024
Residents participate in a behavioral change meeting at the Blackburn Center in East Portland, Ore., on May 5, 2023. The 80-bed center, operated by Central City Concern, provides housing for people in recovery, along with health care, employment counseling, addiction treatment and other support services. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF / OPB

Washington County converts quarantine beds into recuperative care haven for homeless population

Ten motel rooms in Hillsboro, Oregon, have been repurposed as a place for unhoused individuals to recover with help from a visiting nurse
Dec 12, 2023

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