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Melanie Gray Miller, a pediatric resident at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, says the practice of medicine has taught doctors to minimize work-related grief and trauma. “They want us to be proud of being resilient,” Miller says. “I don’t love that culture of medicine.” | GAVIN MCINTYRE/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Burnout threatens primary care workforce and doctors’ mental health

Burnout in the health care industry predates the COVID-19 pandemic, though the chaos introduced by the coronavirus’s spread made things worse

Jun 8, 2023

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How the mixed messaging of vaccine skeptics sows seeds of doubt

Polling shows a substantial — and politically driven — level of vaccine skepticism that reaches beyond COVID

Jun 8, 2023

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New Oregon health plan for working poor would jack up costs for people earning slightly more

Undeterred by costly premium hikes it will cause for many Oregonians, state officials are pursuing a new health plan to keep as many as 20,000 people from dropping their insurance — but some say officials haven't done enough to inform the public

Jun 7, 2023

Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an adjustment of his anxiety medication on May 9, 2023. | TONY LEYS/KFF HEALTH NEWS

As fewer MDs practice rural primary care, a different type of doctor helps take up the slack

Osteopathic physicians, commonly known as DOs, are licensed to practice the full range of medicine

Jun 6, 2023

Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon doctors call for passage of abortion access, transgender care bill

In a letter to lawmakers, nearly 200 doctors say the failure to pass legislation at the center of the impasse in Salem hurts patients

Jun 6, 2023
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Oregon hospitals’ reported 'community benefit' grew in 2021

Most of the reported $2 billion was derived from serving Medicaid and Medicare patients — only 15% was actual charity care

Jun 6, 2023
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Providence nurses picket in Seaside, Oregon on April 27, 2023. | COURTESY OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Providence nurses and clinicians in Portland and Seaside are latest to move toward strike

Nurses and clinicians at three Providence facilities announced that they plan to move forward with a strike if they can’t reach an agreement with management over caseloads and pay

Jun 6, 2023