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Oregon civil commitment reforms key to fixing system, advocates say

Lawmakers on Wednesday heard from mental health advocates who say Oregonians’ mental health needs won’t be met until a law allowing involuntary treatment is put to work.

Jun 18
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Damian Zermeño talks to his father, who was arrested and deported to Mexico, over video chat.

Damian Zermeño talks to his father over video chat. Saúl Zermeño, a single parent, was deported to Mexico in October after living 36 years in the United States. Now, the only way the two see each other is through a screen. | KARLA GACHET FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS

Arrests of immigrant parents create mental health crisis for children

Advocates say they've seen immigrant children with speech delays, anxiety, fear of leaving their houses, and suicidal ideation

Jun 18

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Trump changes pregnancy-prevention program to promote childbearing

Title X, a Nixon-era poverty-fighting program, will shift away from reducing unintended pregnancies

Jun 18

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Washington sued over assisted living spending cuts

Industry groups say the cuts will reduce Medicaid patients' access to assisted living facilities and make it harder to attract caregivers

Jun 18

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Willamette Valley Medical Center, UnitedHealthcare may be close on contract

About 4,000 Medicare Advantage members have been subjected to alarming warnings about potentially losing coverage of their providers, but a spokesperson for the Yamhill County hospital suggests a deal may be near

Jun 18
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Oregon medical advocates push for 2027 legislation to cover biomarker testing

Biomarker tests use tissue, blood or other fluid samples to check for certain genes, proteins or other molecules that may be a sign of a disease

Jun 18

Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Sean Murphy picked for top job at Oregon State Hospital

Murphy, a top Washington state behavioral health official, has agreed to take over as superintendent of the state psychiatric institution, ending a period of more than two years in which the hospital lacked a permanent leader

Jun 17
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Oregon’s new civil commitment law is slow to spark change

A law intended to make it easier to get help for people in need is not having the expected effects, and Oregon lawmakers want to know why

Jun 16
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Oregon lags many states in passing infertility coverage but lawmakers not giving up

Though infertility is a disease that affects one in six people, it is not mandated to be covered by commercial insurance policies, largely because of cost

Jun 16
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Rebecca and Ross Tobiassen, who own an auto shop in North Carolina, canceled their Affordable Care Act insurance last year.

Rebecca and Ross Tobiassen, who own an auto shop in the North Carolina mountains, canceled their Affordable Care Act insurance last year when it became too expensive. | ANDREW JONES/KFF HEALTH NEWS

They’re uninsured after Obamacare became too costly. And they’re far from alone.

Some families have decided the price is too great of a financial burden and canceled their coverage

Jun 16

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