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January 14, 2015
Page 21
2015 special edition
H EALTH
New Transit Service for Patients
Appointments
taken for
Ride-to-Care
Getting to a doctor’s appoint-
ment just a whole lot easier for
thousands of Oregonians.
A new transportation service
for Oregon Health Plan patients
is making it easier for people to
attend doctor and therapy ap-
pointments.
Ride-to-Care will provide free
rides for those without other
transportation options to appoint-
ments covered by the health
plan’s benefits in Clackamas,
Multnomah and Washington
counties.
The service is also available
for members of Tri-County Co-
ordinated Care organizations,
Family Care Inc. and Health
Share of Oregon, who fit the
criteria for approval.
Trips can be scheduled by
phone or online, including up to
three months in advance, by call-
ing Ride-to-Care at 503-416-
3955 or go on-line at
ridetocare.com.
A new service offers
patients enrolled in
the Oregon Health
Plan transportation
to doctor and
therapy appoint-
ments.
“Everything that is done in
the world is done by hope.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A member of the Navy gets a flu vaccine. This year is predicted
to be one of the worst flu seasons on record.
Believing that life works
when you get the support you need,
LifeWorks NW helps clients break down
barriers and build hope for the future.
Flu Season May
Become Worst Ever
Not too late to get a flu vaccine
The flu season of winter could
be the worst on record. A Gallup
research group that focuses on
flu and cold cases every year,
indicates that the number of
Americans who reported having
the flu in December was four
percent of the population, higher
than all other December num-
bers since Gallup began tracking
the flu in 2008.
The all-time high of 5.7 per-
cent of people with the flu at this
time of the year was in January
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