October 13, 2010
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Oregon Health Plan Openings
"It costs nothing and it takes but
Uninsured, poor a few
minutes to register," Bauer
"You can also add the name of
urged to apply said.
someone you know who you think
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Over the next week, uninsured
Oregonians with few earnings who
take a few minutes to register with
the Oregon Health Plan stand a good
chance of obtaining free or low-cost
health insurance.
The Oregon Department of Hu
man Services will randomly draw
20,000 names from a registry on
Wednesday, Oct. 20. Those selected
will then be invited to apply for
health coverage under a program
called "OHP Standard."
Because the reservation list had
only about 12,000 names on it as
recently as last week, those who reg
ister now have very good odds of
having their names drawn, according
to Janet Bauer, policy analyst with
the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
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The documentary ‘The Horse Boy,' follows a Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on
horseback through outer Mongolia.
Autism: A Spiritual Journey
Documentary
follows family
with autistic son
The Northwest Film Center pre
sents the Portland premiere of “The
Horse Boy,” an acclaimed new docu
mentary about two parents’ search
for healing for their young autistic
son, based upon the best-selling
Rupert Isaacson memoir of the same
name.
The film documents the struggles
of Isaacson and his wife Kristin in
coping with their five-year-old son
Rowan’s autism.
Rowan is not toilet trained, has
screaming tantrums, and is fre
quently angry and hostile, until a
neighbor’s horse proves a calming
influence on his behavior. His fa
ther, a travel writer, decides to take
the family on a journey of healing to
Mongolia, where horses and a sha
manistic tradition dominate the cul
ture. There, at the hands of the sha
mans, Isaacson and Kristin go to
great lengths to find peace for their
son, in a true testament to the power
of faith and family dedication.
Isaacson will attend the film
center’s screening of “The Horse
Boy” on W ednesday, Oct. 20, at 7
p.m. at the W hitsell Auditorium ,
1219 S.W. Park Ave. He will intro
duce the film and host a question-
an d -an sw er session and book
signing immediately following the
screening.
General admission is $9 or $8 for
students and seniors. Tickets can
be purchased online at nwfilm.org.
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Backpacks are as much a neces
sity for school as the books they
hold. And with the various books,
supplies and, of course, lunch, these
backpacks can get awfully heavy.
To avoid back pain, Providence
health experts say you should
choose a backpack with wide, pad
ded shoulder straps and a padded
back. Make sure your child always
uses both straps - slinging a back
pack over one shoulder can strain
muscles and may also increase cur
vature of the spine.
Providence Rehabilitation Ser
vices recommends that a backpack
weigh no more than 15 percent of
the child’s weight.
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qualifies."
A combination of a new dedi
cated hospital tax and federal match
ing funds have allowed Oregon to
expand enrollment in the health in
surance program which provides
free or low-cost health coverage to
uninsured Oregon adults with in
come below federal poverty income
guidelines ($ 18,310 for a family of
three) and modest savings.
You can sign up for the reserva
tion list by calling toll-free 1-800-
699-9075. At that number you can
also find out if you qualify for other
health insurance programs. You can
also sign up online or by mail.
For more information, visit the
Departm ent o f Human Services
website at oregon.gov/DHS/open.
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