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Task Force For Oregon’s New ‘Bridge’ Health Plan Poised To Launch

Applications are open for a new state task force aimed at helping the working poor with affordable health coverage.

Mar 24, 2022
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Federal Judge Orders Oregon’s Two Rivers Prison To Follow Its Own Mask Rules

A federal magistrate judge has ruled that the failure of Two Rivers Correctional Institution to enforce its own staff mask policy is unconstitutional, amounting to "deliberate indifference" toward a substantial risk for the people imprisoned there.

Mar 24, 2022

Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon State Hospital On A Hiring Spree With $10 million Appropriation

The state-operated psychiatric hospital is getting money to hire new nurses and other care staff, but the boost falls short of what officials had requested.

Mar 24, 2022

State health officials are racing to win federal approval of Oregon Health Plan changes before Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, shown at the Oregon Convention Center vaccination site, leaves office. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Health Care Heavyweights Dole Out Contributions As Oregon’s Gubernatorial Race Heats Up

Hospital groups and labor unions are picking their favorites, but bigger campaign donations will flow closer to the May primary and the November election.

Mar 24, 2022
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Sen. Jeff Merkley at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in 2019. | EMILY CURETON/OPB

Merkley Talks Health Care At Umatilla County Town Hall

Heath care was at the top of many residents' minds during a town hall held by Oregon's junior U.S. senator.

Mar 24, 2022

Oregon’s public health administrators work in Northeast Portland./Oregon Health Authority via Oregon Capital Chronicle

State Recruits Teens To Spend $1 million In Federal Recovery Funds

The Oregon Health Authority is looking for 20 teenagers to help spend $1 million in COVID recovery funds.

Mar 24, 2022

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Opinion: Finding An Effective Cure For High Drug Prices

Congress must pass legislation to increase pharmaceutical pricing transparency and rein-in pharmacy benefit managers.

Mar 22, 2022
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Darlene Eckert was a resident representative during the five-year Housing with Services program that provided coordinated health care to more than 1,400 residents in Portland./Courtesy of Darlene Eckert.

Portland Project Combining Health And Housing Gets New Attention

Founding leaders of the ambitious effort to improve care and save money hope its demise has lessons for a national audience.

Mar 22, 2022
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON LOCATED IN EUGENE./SHUTTERSTOCK

Planned Parenthood Of Southwestern Oregon Workers Get Contract

Nearly 60 workers receive their first union contract through Service Employees International Union Local 49.

Mar 22, 2022
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Warm Springs Residents Prepare For Water Outage To Continue Through Root Feast

Residents prepare to live without running water ahead of a sacred feast celebrating first foods, as the long-term fix for a crumbling system remains unclear.

Mar 22, 2022

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