Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• First the cut, then the pain for uninsured

  July 28, 2012 in City, Health on Page A1 When 22-year-old James Munroe sliced his fingers to the bone in an accident Wednesday the decision whether to visit a doctor was simple. “I said, ‘I’m not going anywhere. I … 57

• Report backs health reform

  June 3, 2012 in City on Page B1 Washington’s top insurance officials warned last week that undoing federal health care reforms will exacerbate the financial problems tied to growing numbers of uninsured residents. More than 1 million residents … 6

• Clinic staff, patients rally against cuts to health services

  December 1, 2011 in City on Page A6 Medical clinics for the poor are fighting proposed government funding cuts that they say will undo basic health care services and send thousands more people to emergency rooms. “We’re down …

• Census: U.S. poverty rate swells to nearly 1 in 6

  September 13, 2011 in Nation/World The ranks of the nation’s poor swelled to nearly 1 in 6 people last year, reaching a new high as long-term unemployment woes left millions of Americans struggling and out … 25

• Otter touts state exchange

  August 23, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho stands to lose big if it doesn’t apply for a $40 million federal grant by Sept. 30 to set up a state-run health insurance exchange, Gov. Butch … 2

• State cuts to health clinics affect thousands

  December 3, 2010 in City on Page A7 Washington state is suspending grants that enable community clinics to provide health care to about 300,000 uninsured patients. Suspension of the program was announced this week by the Washington State … 8

• Wash. state suspending grants to community clinics

  December 2, 2010 in City Washington state is suspending grants that enable community clinics to provide health care to about 300,000 uninsured patients. 17

• More kids insured in region

  October 6, 2009 in Idaho on Page A13 BOISE – While the number of Americans without health insurance has been rising for the past decade, the picture is different in Idaho and Washington, where the percentage who lack …

• Clinic gets a new home

  November 10, 2008 in City on Page A1 The way Kenneth and Marilyn Anderson see it, Christ Clinic saved their lives. In 1996, after Marilyn Anderson was laid off from her job with a photo studio, she found …