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Oregon Health Plan coverage changes coverage lead to scramble to rebuild mental health support systems
Ask anyone who’s gone through mental/behavioral health treatment and they’ll tell you that building a therapeutic relationship with a provider takes time, trust and a good fit. Seeking mental health care is already a tough ask. First, choose a provider you feel comfortable talking to, and can be open and honest with about your deepest…
Oregon board tasked with watchdogging drug prices leaves central goal unfinished
In early October, an obscure state board in Colorado did what no government in the U.S. has ever done, setting a limit on how much insurers and patients could pay for a widely used prescription drug. The price cap is the most far-reaching act by any of the roughly dozen state prescription drug affordability boards,…
Remembering the Hobo News and its impact on modern street newspapers
Emaciated from lack of food, James Eads How collapsed at Cincinnati’s Union Station on a summer day in 1930. Few people paid him any mind. They had schedules to meet and trains to catch. And after all, he was just another hobo — a person with an inconvenient tendency to collapse from hunger in public…
New city program aims to bring vendors, and more Portlanders, to parks
On a rainy cold morning in October, eight people scurried through the grass at Sellwood Riverfront Park. They ran from the Guss mobile sauna to plunge into the cold Willamette River, before warming up again. Small businesses like the mobile sauna can now operate at select parks across the city through a same-day permit system.…
