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The largest study ever conducted in the United States of planned home births found that 93.6 percent of the 16,924 women in the study had spontaneous vaginal births, and only 5.2 percent required a cesarean section for delivery.

November 17, 2011 – Nine healthcare organizations – most of which advocate for people with chronic illnesses – are speaking up about proposed cuts to Medicare. A federal deficit “supercommittee” has one week left to cut $1.2 trillion within the next decade. While that committee may or may not meet its November 23 deadline, Medicare cuts are on the table.

The for-profit Medicaid insurer also lags in attracting members in Lane County where it once held a monopoly.

The Center for Addictions Triage and Treatment could add up to nearly 100 sorely-needed detox, sobering and residential treatment beds.

Funding expansion of the Citizen Alien Waived Emergent Medical program was the result of a 10-year effort