AC, power banks, mini fridges: Oregon equips Medicaid patients for climate change

Oregon is shipping 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 effects of extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and other climate-related disasters. The equipment, which started going out in March, expands a Biden administration strategy to move […] The post AC, power banks, mini fridges: Oregon equips Medicaid patients for climate change appeared first on Washin

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