by Hillary Regan | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Learn
In June the state approved significant hikes for the more than 240,000 Oregonians who buy their own policies and are not on Medicare. Open enrollment for people buying their own polices started Nov. 1. Consumers have until the end of December to get a new 2016 plan in...
by Hillary Regan | Oct 8, 2015 | Blog, Learn, Uncategorized
Despite spending far more on health care than other high-income countries in 2013, Americans had comparatively poor health outcomes, including shorter life expectancy and higher rates of chronic conditions, according to a new Commonwealth Fund analysis. Coauthors...
by Hillary Regan | Oct 5, 2015 | Events, Events from selected partners
Prof. Theodore Marmor, nationally renown scholar on Medicare, explains how the Affordable Care Act originated and what we can expect from it in the future. Will it provide what we want from health care reform? Will it even survive politically? Dr. Marmor will apply...
by Hillary Regan | Sep 9, 2015 | Blog, Learn
Here & Now started a series of conversations about the prescription opioid and heroin epidemic that is hitting many parts of the country. Part 1: Heroin Claims Two Sons in one Massachusetts Family Host Robin Young talks with a mother from Massachusetts who is...
by Hillary Regan | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Learn
It is rather sobering to think that despite our outstanding natural and human resources, and our youthful optimism, our nation has won very few wars since its independence. Surely, we won significant skirmishes against Mexico and Spain, and the legendary “greatest...
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