Pfizer's post-pandemic $1,390 list price for the medicine is causing sticker shock, and patients who qualify for free doses often don't realize it or know how to get it
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Pictured: the North Albany building of The Corvallis Clinic, P.C.
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COURTESY OF THE CORVALLIS CLINIC, P.C.
To avoid insolvency, the business needs to be bought quickly by UnitedHealth Group without the service guarantees that the state had earlier sought, officials say
Mar 13
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Private equity and large corporations have a complicated and not always noticed presence in health care. A bill limiting the corporate practice of medicine failed to pass the Oregon Legislature despite broad support.
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Bills concerning treatment centers, violence against hospital staff, school health and insurance mandates perished, but other impactful bills made it through
Mar 12
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Miriam McDonald spends time with her 4-year-old son, Nico. McDonald struggled to get care for postpartum depression at Kaiser Permanente, an experience that would lead to significant policy changes by the health care provider.
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Lawyers, advocates, and regulators are watching closely to see how insurance companies will cover a new 14-day pill regimen that targets hormone function to relieve symptoms
While doctors, hospital systems and pharmacies struggle to find workarounds, the attack is exposing the health system’s broad vulnerability to hackers — as well as shortcomings in the Biden administration’s response
Mar 12
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Pictured: the North Albany building of The Corvallis Clinic, P.C.
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COURTESY OF THE CORVALLIS CLINIC, P.C.
Owners of clinic group say the locally owned business is in a financial emergency that warrants immediate purchase by the global health care giant UnitedHealth Group
Dolly Matteucci will leave in March, creating a high-profile opening at the Oregon Health Authority
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Clockwise from front left: Sophomores Madison Cailteux, Kaden Davis Young, Samuel Stanley, Jack Von Ammon and Pearl Carter participate in cooperative learning during science class at South Eugene High School on Dec. 11, 2023.
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