Ashland, Ore. – The city of Ashland has been self insured since 2013, but the cost to maintain that has become too high for the city and forced the budget into a deficit. So the finance department has begun to ...
Salem, Ore.- Oregon Governor Kate Brown will ceremonially sign the controversial Reproductive Health Equity Act on Monday. The legislation makes Oregon the first state in the nation to legislatively mandate no-cost reproductive health care coverage. “To lead productive and thriving ...
Salem, Ore. – A bill that includes provisions requiring all insurance companies operating in Oregon to cover abortions at no cost to the patient has passed the Oregon House. According to an OPB report, the Reproductive Health Equity Act also ...
Washington, D.C.- With just hours to go before a scheduled House vote, Republican leaders are still working to secure the 215 votes necessary to pass the health care bill that would largely repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also ...
Washington, D.C. — A Republican bill to repeal and replace former-President Obama’s signature healthcare bill will lead to 14 million fewer Americans with health insurance by 2018, according to a new report by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO ...
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) provided an update on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s work on healthcare during a news conference. When speaking about the potential repeal or replacement of former President Barack Obama ...
Medford, Ore., — It was kind of a rude awakening. Joe Fort runs his own company – working as a heavy machinery mechanic. Like others who are unemployed, his health insurance options are limited. Fort’s been using marketplace insurance for ...
Ashland, Ore. — A federal judge has initially ruled in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s favor in their lawsuit against a former insurance company. OSF filed the suit after smoke from the 2013 fire season forced the company to cancel a ...
Josephine County, Ore. — Some women over the age of 21 can get free breast and cervical cancer screenings in Josephine County. Women without health insurance or single women that make less than approximately $29,000 annually qualify for the free ...
Eagle Point, Ore. – The Christmas morning fire that burned down the historic Butte Creek Mill in Eagle Point has been ruled accidental, according to Jackson County Fire District 3. Officials with Fire District 3 said that over the last ...