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“If I could go back 30 years, I wouldn’t become a doctor,” says Dr. Andrew Bush, whose practice, Central Carolina Orthopaedic Associates, operates in Sanford, North Carolina. “Looking back at life, this was the wrong choice.”/Eamon Queeney for KHN

As Giant Hospitals Get Bigger, An Independent Doctor Feels The Pinch

Independent physicians in the United States are selling their practices to behemoth hospital systems or leaving the profession altogether.
Oct 13, 2022
An employee of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services helps a consumer pick a health care plan on the federal online health insurance marketplace. | DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES

Many Patients Can’t Afford Health Costs Even With Insurance

Increased enrollment doesn't mean adequate coverage, and a survey found 43% of working-age adults were inadequately insured.
Oct 13, 2022
Providence Milwaukie Hospital. | PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES

SEIU Questions Hospital Billing Practices 

The union representing health care workers says hospitals throughout Oregon fail to comply with state laws for charity and billing.
Oct 12, 2022
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Workers rallied on Oct. 10, 2022, at Peacehealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, to protest working conditions. | COURTESY PHOTO

PeaceHealth Workers In Vancouver Claim Management ‘Bullying’

Over the past two years, nearly all of the Washington hospital’s roughly 90 patient access representatives have quit, according to the union.
Oct 11, 2022
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