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What's it like for the medically fragile living in the COVID era? We asked Tabor Porter, who credits Medicaid for keeping him alive for 35 years of living with HIV and AIDS. Tabor says he would surely not survive a COVID infection.
Our community hospitals are straining under the pressure of COVID-19. Tell your Oregon legislators to step up to fully and fairly fund Medicaid and community hospital reimbursements, giving Oregonians the care they deserve.
Medicaid Matters, now more than ever.
For Tabor Porter and many Oregon Medicaid members, coverage is a matter of life and death. This is Tabor's story. He's beating the odds to survive a disease that for years was a death sentence. Thanks to Medicaid, he's alive. And grateful.
Marcia Pope lost her job and her insurance just as she was hit with major health issues and an ailing mother who needed her care. Fortunately, Medicaid was there for Marcia when she needed it most.
Oregon was one of the states to embrace the expansion of Medicaid made possible by the Affordable Care Act. For several years in the early 2000’s, there were severe limits on adding new Oregon Health Plan members…
“I probably wouldn’t be alive.” That was Pam Terpin’s response when asked where she would be without Medicaid. “I depend on the medication and the ability to have a doctor,” said Terpin, a resident of Gold Beach…
David Elkin is a hardworking entrepreneur by nature. His most recent venture was a food cart, Bacon PDX, located at the Rose City Food Park on NE Sandy and 52nd. It was hard work, up to 14 hours a day, but he enjoyed the…
If you ask Roberta Duenas what she thinks of Medicaid, her answer is simple. "Medicaid saved my husband’s life.” Roberta, 66, and Eddie, 59, have lived in southern Oregon for 25 years, residing now in Rogue Valley. She has been…