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Rachel Solotaroff at Portland's Old Town Clinic.
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Looming federal changes prompt Oregon Health Plan recommendations
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Oregon Health Authority Sejal Hathi addressed agency employees in a video on her first day, Jan. 16, 2024
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Sejal Hathi’s resignation followed months of speculation
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Oregon, other states sue Trump administration over new Medicaid work rules
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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem.
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Oregon Health Authority layoffs spark concern
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Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville.
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Willamette Valley Medical Center, UnitedHealthcare may be close on contract
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Florida-based bid to take over Housecall Providers under state review
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Oregon civil commitment reforms key to fixing system, advocates say
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023.
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Sean Murphy picked for top job at Oregon State Hospital
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Oregon’s new civil commitment law is slow to spark change
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Community members participating in an Oregon Latino Health Coalition Charla (community conversation) on Healthier Oregon Benefits and public health advocacy.
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Oregon Latino Health Coalition shutting down after 20 years
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Oregon dental shortages leave gaps in access to care
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Health care lags for Black, Hispanic and Native American Oregonians
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Legislative coverage
We're keeping an eye on the intersection of politics and health care in Salem.
Read our latest coverage of the Oregon Legislature.
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Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis.
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Samaritan seeks a break from bondholders
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St. Charles Health System in Bend.
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Small Doses: St. Charles eliminates jobs amid tilt toward profitable specialties
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OHSU's main campus in Portland in September, 2024.
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OHSU credit rating downgraded
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Opinion: Primary care access in Portland is worse than you think
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Opinion: Eulogy for a medical home
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Metro West hit with federal lawsuits claiming unpaid wages
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Metro West EMT fired for blocking questionable recordings, lawsuit claims
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Kathie Hightower in her home in Nehalem. When her husband was dying of a rare form of cancer, community support helped her get through the challenges. She's one of a group of volunteers training to do end-of-life caregiving in Oregon's rural coastal communities.
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As rural Oregon ages, communities turn to volunteers for death care
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Child abuse charges spark firings at Kaiser, PeaceHealth
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Nurses represented by the Washington State Nurses Association picket outside PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver on April 18, 2024. The picket came during difficult contract negotiations between the nurses and hospital management.
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PeaceHealth nurses in Vancouver win boost in pay but not staffing
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PeaceHealth, Vancouver - Medical Center Physician's Building.
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Vancouver nurses eye Oregon’s new hospital staffing law
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Medicaid fraud charges land amid political friction
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Panelists discuss the upcoming Medicaid changes at the Oregon Health Forum on June 9, 2026.
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Pandemic response holds lessons as Medicaid work rules approach
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Gov. Tina Kotek speaks to reporters at a press event in April 2023 in Salem.
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Oregon health officials scramble to meet deadline on Medicaid work rules
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Sleep well to live longer, new OHSU study says
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It's time for Oregon seniors on Medicare Advantage to shop around
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Hillsboro residential facility hit with $12 million suit
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Rural Clackamas County in Oregon.
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State selects 136 projects to receive $97 million in rural health care funds
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Oregon gets federal boost to help stabilize maternity care in rural areas
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Oregon awarded $197 million for rural health, hospitals
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Sale of largest Oregon provider of pediatric in-home care to Texas company wins state approval
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What young Oregonians want adults to know about their mental health
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For now, Supreme Court allows mailing of abortion pills after appeal by Oregon, other states
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Federal judge rules against Trump administration in gender-affirming care case
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Federal judge rules in favor of Right to Life on Oregon’s law mandating free abortions
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Heat wave expected to hit Oregon on Sunday
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Small Doses: Serious injuries, deaths from e-scooter use alarm Oregon health officials
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Oregon filing suit with other Democratic states against Trump administration’s vaccine rollback
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Mollie and Aaron Huyck with their daughter.
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A difficult path to birth leads to giving back
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Oregonians' health insurance premiums slated to jump in January — again
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PacificSource headquarters is located in Springfield, Oregon.
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PacificSource layoffs coming as insurer leaves Montana, individual market
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Portland-based Legitscript asks federal judge to reconsider demand for 1.2 million documents
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Oregon push to shine a light on drugmakers' help to patients fails
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The Malhotra Lab team includes Dhanir Tailor, Sanjay Malhotra, Arpit Dheeraj and Carrsyn Haley.
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OHSU study highlights potential new drug for aggressive breast cancer
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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, on Aug. 7, 2013.
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PeaceHealth to refund millions to low-income patients in Washington, but not Oregon
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Oregon hospitals’ reported 'community benefit' grew in 2021
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House passes bill to boost Oregon hospitals’ charity care
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Oregon prison health care changes underway
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Clackamas jail care failures led to man’s death, suit claims
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Consultant vows to ‘zero in’ on Oregon prison care denials in wake of blistering report
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Moss isn’t a likely source of lead exposure for humans. But researchers took samples from it in Portland neighborhoods to see how environmental lead levels vary across the region.
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Study finds old telecom cables leaching lead in parts of Portland
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An artist's rendering of the planned expansion to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria.
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Astoria hospital hopes to include tsunami upgrades in planned expansion
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