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As Medicaid cuts loom, new OHSU study finds diabetics at risk

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When people with diabetes lose health insurance, their condition doesn’t just get worse; In a new study, OHSU researchers say it gets even worse. Researchers say the findings demonstrate how quickly insurance coverage interruptions can disrupt treatment for chronic diseases such as diabetes, which require regular monitoring, medication adjustments, and consistent access to treatment. The … Read more

America needs more clinics of last resort for patients who don’t have answers.

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America needs more clinics of last resort for patients who don't have answers.

For decades, five brothers living in rural Kentucky were slowly turned to stone. After just a few minutes of walking, their feet became so painful that even the doctors couldn’t explain their pain. By the time her eldest sibling, Louise Benge, reached her 50s, she had come to believe that medicine might not be able … Read more