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A new California rule tries to hold down your health care costs.

WebYou won’t notice it right away, but a new California state agency took a major step this week toward reining in the seemingly uncontrollable costs of health care.. The …

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More states extend health coverage to immigrants even as issue …

WebMore than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add …

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As California sets higher Medi-Cal contract standards, some …

WebMore than 1.7 million Medi-Cal patients may get a new insurance provider in the coming months as a result of the state’s first-ever competitive bidding process, but …

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Millions of Californians are at risk of losing Medi-Cal coverage

WebThe upheaval, which begins in April, will put millions of low-income Americans at risk of losing health coverage, threatening their access to care and potentially …

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COVID Surge Has Hospitals In Jackson, Josephine Counties …

WebOfficials from the counties’ health departments and local hospitals met Thursday morning for a press conference, where they painted a dire picture of what …

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Screening for adverse childhood experiences is increasing in …

WebMedi-Cal doctors are screening more patients for adverse childhood experiences, but they aren’t required to report whether those patients receive therapy or …

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Medi-Cal Expansion: Legislature’s Budget Would Remove Some

WebClose to 18,000 people could become newly eligible for Medi-Cal if the state eliminates the asset test, according to a March 2020 report from the Department of …

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California offers health insurance for as little as $10 a month. Some

WebCalifornia is one of four states that levies a tax penalty on uninsured households. Many people paying the fines are eligible for heavily subsidized health …

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More street medicine teams tackle California's homeless health …

WebHomeless people often have sporadic or no access to health care, resulting in costly, chronic conditions. A new statewide effort encourages Medi-Cal insurers to …

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CDC warns that measles spike poses a 'renewed threat' to the …

WebSo far this year, the U.S. has seen more than 120 cases of the highly contagious disease — more than double the cases for all of 2023. Still, chances of …

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Delta Virus Moving Through Southern Oregon ‘Like A Buzzsaw’

WebMichael Blumhardt is the ICU medical director at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford. He says all of Asante’s three hospital ICUs in Grants Pass, …

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More Oregonians buy private health insurance plans as thousands …

WebThe number of people buying private health insurance policies on the federal marketplace rose slightly this year in Oregon as thousands lost Medicaid coverage.

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California requires hospitals to turn to a patient’s next of kin

WebAs of Jan. 1, California joined 45 other states and the District of Columbia with next-of-kin laws that designate a surrogate to make decisions on a patient’s behalf …

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Two Rogue Valley Asante hospitals still in 'crisis standards of care

WebAsante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford and Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass continue to operate under "crisis standards of care," …

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Oregon health care providers still feeling cash crunch after …

WebHospitals and clinics across Oregon are facing a big dip in their cash flow this month — the fallout of a ransomware attack on a national company that connects health …

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Oregon's governor says she’s monitoring hospital closure in …

WebIn August, 2023, PeaceHealth made the announcement that it would close most of its facility in downtown Eugene and transfer services to its Riverbend hospital in …

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Infections remained high at Asante through 2023 despite claims of …

WebThe number of central line-associated bloodstream infections at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford remained high in 2023 despite hospital …

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It's time to stop downsizing health care, the Pentagon says. This

WebAfter a decade of outsourcing military health care, the Pentagon now plans to do the opposite, an about-face Matt and Helen Perry hope means they'll get the care …

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California voters will decide on Newsom’s mental health overhaul.

Web1980: President Jimmy Carter, who a few years earlier created a Presidential Commission on Mental Health at the urging of his wife Rosalynn, signs the Mental …

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CDC says 3 women diagnosed with HIV after receiving 'vampire …

WebAlthough HIV transmission from contaminated blood through unsterile injection is a well-known risk, the CDC said this is the first documentation of probable infections …

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DRC is seeing its worst mpox outbreak — but has no vaccines or

WebWith nearly 5,000 cases reported so far this year — and concerns about a new strain — the Democratic Republic of Congo is considering the declaration of a public …

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It’s now significantly more deadly to be homeless. Why are so …

WebA man starts a fire in his makeshift tent along a barbed wire fence near Highway 99 in southwest Fresno on Feb. 11, 2022. The fence blocks out a grass area …

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