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Bill seeking universal health care in Oregon gets first look

The legislation would create a state board charged with coming up with a plan for single-payer health care in Oregon.

Feb 14, 2023
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Dr. Mary Afsari-Howard, an OBGYN, speaks at a rally on Feb. 13, 2023, seeking to pressure Legacy Health to reverse its decision to close its Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Rally sounds alarm over closure of Legacy birth clinic in Gresham

Legacy Health says it doesn't make financial sense to keep Mount Hood Family Birth Center open, but critics say its closure could put expectant mothers in danger.

Feb 14, 2023
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COVID, flu and RSV trends moving in right direction, state official says

Many hospitals remain near their capacity, but the Oregon Health Authority has signaled that if trends hold they’ll drop a pandemic-era requirement around masks.

Feb 9, 2023

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Congress told HHS to set up a health data network in 2006. The agency still hasn’t.

Some problems during the pandemic could have been minimized had federal health officials set up a data system as instructed.

Feb 9, 2023

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Centene agrees to $215 million settlement with California for alleged Medicaid overbilling

The deal makes California at least the 17th state to settle pharmacy billing claims, including Oregon.

Feb 9, 2023

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Oregon cities, counties say Measure 110 blew a hole in their budgets

An effort by local governments to get lawmakers to reroute tens of millions of dollars currently paying for addiction services has service providers up in arms.

Feb 9, 2023

Understaffing concerns have helped fuel nurse union rallies such as the one outside Providence Health's Oregon headquarters in Portland on January 20, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Stressed and overworked, nurses want strict hospital staffing requirements

A union representing Oregon nurses says staff-to-patient ratios will halt nurses from fleeing the profession, while hospitals worry about fewer beds for patients.

Feb 9, 2023
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Oregon lawmakers plan to put more money into housing and programs that can help people before they need treatment at the Oregon State Hospital. | COURTESY OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Lawmakers plan to provide more resources for Oregon’s beleaguered behavioral health system

National reports consistently rank Oregon as having among the highest rates of people experiencing mental health and addiction issues.

Feb 9, 2023

Elizabeth Fisher Smith sits with husband Matt and dogs Caspian and Gretl at the table where she spends hours every day preparing IV hydration and nutrition, on which she depends to survive. | ARTHUR ALLEN/KHN

CVS and Optum panicked thousands of their sickest patients

Home and outpatient infusions are a growing business in the United States, but the less profitable parts of the business — as well as the vulnerable patients they serve — are at serious risk.

Feb 7, 2023

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A technicality could keep RSV shots from kids in need

Immunizations against the respiratory syncytial virus are nearing the market, but a glitch in congressional language may make it difficult to allow children from low-income families to get it.

Feb 7, 2023

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