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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – As we’re learning new information into the fatal I-65 crash that took three young lives, a local doctor says it’s time to action at the federal level to prevent something like this from happening again. Jim Haines of Zionsville Eyecare says he’s tired of the tragedy. “I got thinking, this has got …

Congresswoman Lofgren expressed her support for universal healthcare, and urged a solution to the opioid crisis. On Medicare for All, Lofgren said, “We need to look at what’s driving it, which is cost, access and quality, to see how we can make that work for the American people.” (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons) Congresswoman Susan Ellen …

As a community is still in shock over the 7 dead and 22 injured in Saturday’s mass shooting in west Texas, new laws go into effect Sunday in the Lone Star State that loosen gun restrictions — drawing the outrage of gun control advocates. The new laws, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in June, …

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – Alaska health care advocates are dubious of a report commissioned by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services into proposed reforms for Medicaid. The report, written by Boston-based Public Consultancy Group, examines the feasibility of a private insurer covering large parts of the Medicaid expansion population. A framework is described but …

Marion Bradley always knew that getting breast cancer was a possibility. After all, she had a family history of the disease, so she wasn’t shocked when she was diagnosed with an early stage of the cancer about five years ago. But that didn’t make it any less scary. “It was five dates in January I’ll …

Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates will hold its annual meeting and elect new officers on Monday, June 24. The meeting is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2945 NW Circle Blvd. in Corvallis. Officers to be elected are chair and secretary. Other officers are vice chair and treasurer. The chair presides …