CA, power banks, mini fridges: Oregon equips Medicaid patients for climate change – California Healthline

A photo of a portable air conditioner inside an apartment.

For Samantha Young Oregon is sending air conditioners, air purifiers and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment to use Medicaid money to prevent the …

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Oregon’s Medicaid patients have air conditioners and mini-fridges as climate change raises health concerns

Oregon's Medicaid patients have air conditioners and mini-fridges as climate change raises health concerns

Oregon is sending air conditioners, air purifiers and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment to use Medicaid money to prevent the potentially deadly. health …

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With rivers, lakes and wetlands in decline, the Biden administration sets new conservation goals

A person in a red jacket, blue jeans, and black waders stands in a shallow, rocky riverbed and fly fishes next to a cliff dotted with boulders. A few trees and plants protrude from the rocks, and other greenery hugs part of the waters edge.

In the United States, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and other freshwater resources that are invaluable to the nation’s ecological and economic health face serious threats. In response, the Biden administration last …

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