A new publicly funded insurance plan is headed for the final step it needs for state approval, despite concerns about the impact it will have on Oregon’s health insurance market for individuals and small businesses. The idea is that the new insurance program is very similar to the Oregon Health Plan, Oregon’s version of Medicaid: … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden on Friday launched a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidelines to prevent surprise medical bills, and an effort to reduce medical-related debt to credit cards. Bidens’ remarks will build previous initiatives to limit health care costs, with the Department … Read more
Sometimes the old cures are the best cures, and that seems to be the case with Tiger Balm, which has been relieving pain for more than a century. The most amazing thing about topical pain relievers is that they work in a completely different way than nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like Advil, and also quite … Read more
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As everyone knows, overall healthcare costs are rising every year. But tell that to older Americans. Fidelity’s annual survey of estimated health care costs in retirement surprisingly remained unchanged of the last year. This means that a retiree who leaves the workforce this year is likely to shell out the same amount of money on … Read more
OHS Executive Director Deidre Gifford Credit: Mike Savino’s photo State officials have tried to get a better look at what’s driving health care costs soaring, but a Wednesday hearing raised largely more questions than answers. The Office of Health Strategy held its first-ever hearing to review some of the findings from its March report that … Read more
Democrats lead the way on many issues, but more Americans agree with Republicans on the economy, crime, immigration (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) The Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand Americans’ views on the issues facing the country, Joe Biden’s job performance, and more. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,115 adults from … Read more