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(The Center Square) – The federal government is spending $5 million on a voluntary medical school nutrition initiative, but fewer than 40% of the nation's 202 accredited medical schools have signed on.
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Nearly two dozen rural Oregon hospitals in 17 counties will receive more than $37 million to strengthen and stabilize their maternity care services in the next few years following recent federal cuts to Medicaid. The funding comes from a one-time state investment of $25 million and at least $12.5 million in matching federal funds from […]
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(The Center Square) – More than half of the federal budget will go toward benefits for Americans 65 years and older by 2036, and that percentage is set to only grow, a recent congressional report finds.
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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Treasury says the national debt is roughly $39 trillion, but a nonpartisan accounting group estimates that the true number is $170.3 trillion.
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(The Center Square) – The FBI made multiple arrests Thursday in Los Angeles County in connection with allegations over a total of $60 million in hospice-related Medicaid fraud.
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(The Center Square) – Seniors paid higher Medicare premiums in 2025 due to billions in overpayments to private insurers, a new congressional report shows.
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(The Center Square) – Rising hospital prices will face scrutiny on Wednesday as a U.S. House panel examines the drivers of health care costs across the country.
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(The Center Square) – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a 0.09% advance rate for Medicare Advantage plans in 2027, a figure analysts say falls well short of expectations and projected medical cost inflation.
THE DALLES — Four women, one from The Dalles, are vying to be the Democratic challenger of Rep. Cliff Bentz for the District 2 Congressional seat, which only two Democrats and no women have ever held.
Understanding Medicare is not a walk in the park. It’s more like crawling through a dark, damp cave: disorienting and challenging. And every year during Medicare Open Enrollment from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 you get to explore that cave again!
