August 15,2001
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Forum Helps With Stroke Prevention, Care
People at a recent public
forum on stroke look
over some of the
materials before the
event gets underway at
Providence Portland
Medical Center. The
forum addressed stroke
preventive measures,
symptoms and warning
signs that could indicate
an oncoming stroke, as
well as advice as to
what to do In case o f a
stroke. The hospital
responds to the
challenges o f strokes
with a team of experts
who provide a 24-hcur
rapid response and
acute stroke treatment.
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Affordable Health Care Out of Reach
(A P) - W hen it com es to
health care, escaping p o v ­
erty can be a bad thing.
F o r ty - th re e p e rc e n t o f
those covered by the O r­
egon H ealth Plan, the sta te ’s
m edical safety net, leave the
plan w ith in a year. M ost
leave because rising incom e
from a new jo b m akes them
ineligible under the p lan ’s in­
come limits.
But the money that disquali-
< fies them is usually not enough
to buy private insurance or
pay for their health care out
o f pocket, according to a study
released by the Providence
Health System.
O f those who leave the plan
within a year o f joining it, 71
percent stay uninsured, the
study said. M ore than h alf o f
these people forgo some type
o f m edical treatm ent, and one
in four said a lack o f money or
insurance forced them to skip
urgent care.
Lack o f insurance deters
people from finding regular
sources o f health care and
prom pts them to use hospital
em ergency room s as a costly
substitute, or put o ff treat­
ment.
“This may cause people to
becom e much sicker in the
long term , m aking them more
expensive to treat later,” the
Providence report said.
Oregonians are eligible for
the Health Plan if their house­
7he weekend is
what you make o f it.
hold incom e is at or be­
low the federal poverty
level - $ 1,219 a month for
a family o f three - and
th e y h a v e le ss th a n
$2,000 in financial assets
not counting a car or
house.
T he re p o rt re c o m ­
mends several steps to
reduce barriers to eligi­
bility and improve conti­
nuity o f care under the
Oregon Health Plan.
Director Named for Women’s Program
and as a d ire c to r for the women. She is a scien­
W om en’s H ealth Fellow ship tific advisor to the U.S.
— positions she will continue Preventive Services Task
Force and has been in­
to hold-
volved
in work related to
elson is also the prin­
cipal investigator for chlamydia screening, hor­
re p la c e m e n t
a National Institute o f m o n e
th
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ra
p
y
,
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s te o p o ro s is
Alcohol Abuse and A lcohol­
ism study on the effects o f screening and domestic
m oderate alcohol use in older violence screening.
r. H eidi D. N elson
is the new m edical
d i r e c t o r o f th e
W om en and C h ild re n ’s P ro­
gram at P rovidence H ealth
S y s te m . S h e p r e v io u s ly
served as a s ta ff physician
for the W om en’s M edical
C linic at the V e te ra n ’s A d­
m inistration M edical C enter
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University of Oregon Rated ‘Best Buy’
U niversity o f Oregon stu­
dents are getting a high qual­
ity education at a reasonable
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two publishers o f national col­
lege consum er guides.
For the fourth year in a
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gains for students. The popu­
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T he K a p la n /N e w s w e e k
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quality o f life and three stars
each to academ ics and social
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