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Oregon lawmakers further ease proton therapy coverage despite lingering debate

Bill tweaks law prohibiting insurers from denying high-cost cancer treatment
May 18, 2023
 
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Oregon Health & Science University, which a decade ago dropped plans to build a proton therapy center, says it is constantly reevaluating treatments. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregon lawmakers continue to make it harder for insurers to deny coverage of a costly treatment for cancer that has long been controversi