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Medicaid participant Sam Walker (right) sorts clothing at a Goodwill store in Ottumwa, Iowa, with Andy Koettel, a caregiver paid through a Medicaid waiver program that helps people with disabilities. The assistance of such workers helps people like Walker live in their own homes and participate in their communities rather than be sent to institutions. | TONY LEYS | KFF HEALTH NEWS

Trump’s cuts to Medicaid threaten services that help disabled people live at home

Insurance limits force some families into wrenching choices about their disabled children

Mar 5

Munira Maalimisaq runs a network that provides health care in the homes of people afraid to venture outside while ICE is arresting people.

Munira Maalimisaq co-founded Inspire Change Clinic in Minneapolis. She maintains a “rapid response” team of about 150 doctors and nurses who treat people at home, with more than 135 home visits made so far. | KATE WELLS | KFF HEALTH NEWS

As ICE moved in, Minnesotans set up a shadow medical system. It’s a lesson for other cities.

Health care providers “need to start an underground network of how to get people care in their homes"

Mar 5

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State House passes multi-million dollar bill to fund Planned Parenthood

House Bill 4127 aims to fill the funding gap created by a congressional ban on federal funds for the organization and adds to millions approved last year

Mar 4
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Beleaguered Bay Area Hospital pushes for state help

A bid to get help to the publicly owned Coos Bay facility squeaked through a key committee Tuesday, but its long-term fate is unclear

Mar 3
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Oregon push to shine a light on drugmakers' help to patients fails

Bill sponsored by the Senate Health Committee has died in the House after facing opposition and legal questions raised by pharmaceutical industry lobbyists

Mar 3
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Small Doses: Serious injuries, deaths from e-scooter use alarm Oregon health officials

Also, a Kitzhaber-backed affordability resolution advances in state Legislature, and contempt fines at the Oregon State Hospital are poised to top $3 million

Mar 3
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EpiPens have been the only legal option in Oregon schools.

EpiPens and other needle-based epinephrine injection have been the only option in Oregon schools, but a bill awaiting Gov. Tina Kotek’s signature would allow nasal spray and other methods to treat allergic reactions. | JULIA SHUMWAY | OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Oregon Legislature passes bill expanding options to treat allergic reactions in schools

The epinephrine bill, brought to the Legislature by an Oregon teen, now awaits Gov. Tina Kotek’s signature

Mar 3

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Early prenatal care declines across US, reversing years of progress

The share of women getting late or no care at all increased in more than half of states

Mar 3

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Medicaid is paying for more dental care. GOP cuts threaten to reverse the trend.

Medicaid coverage for adult dental care is optional for states, but in recent years, several states have opted to expand the coverage offered by their Medicaid programs, seeking to boost access in recognition of its importance to overall health.

Mar 3

A woman examines Nevada's health care options online.

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States try ‘public option’ Obamacare plans to reduce coverage costs

Nevada this year became the third state to experiment with a quasi-public alternative to private coverage

Mar 3

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