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People appealing a denial of Social Security benefits need their medical records to prove they’re disabled. But healthcare entities often charge hundreds of dollars to get those records.

Frontline health care workers treating COVID-19 patients have learned to live with an uncertainty they’ve never experienced before.

While its full size and scope is still taking shape, Dr. Bob Dannenhoffer hopes that a coalition of non-governmental organizations -- the Douglas Public Health Network -- will be able to offer community-wide public health services more effectively than the county government has done. The direct delivery of care through immunizations, STD screenings and reproductive health for Roseburg and surrounding communities will move to the Umpqua Community Health Clinic Nov. 9. Chris can be reached at [email protected]

Local health care experts team up for better patient outcomes

Today 55 million Americans rely on Medicare with Medicaid providing coverage to 70 million.