Wyden weighs in on 'premier health care challenge of our time' at OHSU forum

Portland Business Journal:

Sen. Ron Wyden was at Oregon Health & Science University today speaking about two of his favorite topics — Medicare reform and tackling chronic disease, which are intimately related

Wyden co-led a public forum entitled "Chronic Disease — Solving the Public Health Epidemic." Diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions account for more than 83 percent of the $3.8 trillion the U.S. spends annually on health care.

"We know chronic disease is the premier health challenge of our time," Wyden…

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