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Wildfire smoke covers the Ochocos Mountains in Central Oregon on Aug. 18, 2020. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Timeline for Oregon Health Plan coverage of housing, food, climate benefits unveiled

Oregon will be the first state to use Medicaid dollars to ease the impacts of climate change on its residents

Sep 7, 2023
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I set out to create a simple map for how to appeal your insurance denial. Instead, I found a mind-boggling labyrinth.

I spoke with more than 50 insurance experts, patients, lawyers, physicians and consumer advocates about building a tool anyone could use to navigate insurance appeals. Nearly everyone said the same thing: Great idea. But almost impossible to do.

Sep 7, 2023

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Workers pay the price while Congress and employers debate need for heat regulations

President Joe Biden's directive for new rules to prevent heat injury and illness could take more than a decade to fulfill — if they don't stall before then

Sep 6, 2023

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Photos of young overdose victims on display at an overdose awareness event in Rockville, Md., in August. Accidental overdose has become a primary cause of deaths for people under 40. | TIM HENDERSON/STATELINE

Death rates for people under 40 have skyrocketed. Blame fentanyl.

A Stateline analysis shows American's under 40 were relatively unscathed by COVID-19 in the pandemic but fell victim to another killer: accidental drug overdose deaths.

Sep 6, 2023

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Oregon Right to Life sues state over birth control, abortion insurance mandate

The group doesn’t meet the definition of a religious employer but argues it should get the same exemption that allows religious employers to offer plans that don’t include abortion or contraceptive coverage

Sep 6, 2023