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Oregon Families Will Receive Up To $1,100 Per Child For Food

The payments are intended to make up for the free or reduced-cost meals that more than children missed out on during the past year.

Jul 20, 2021

Veterans Affairs offers medical services in Eugene. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Disabled Vet Sues VA Center In Eugene, Claiming Discrimination, Whistleblower Retaliation

James Reagan Marcroft-Clark accuses the VA of ostracizing him after he complained about an official at a local housing agency.

Jul 20, 2021
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Multnomah County worked to vaccinate people of color and people experiencing homelessness. | MOTOYA NAKAMURA/MULTNOMAH COUNTY

Oregon Has Quarter Million Vaccinations To Go To Hit Goal For Racial Minorities

The vaccination rate target for minorities – as well as for whites – recedes into the distance as fewer and fewer people are receiving shots each day.

Jul 20, 2021
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Biden’s Executive Order Includes Drug Pricing. But Will It Do Enough?

KHN teamed up with PolitiFact to analyze Biden’s campaign promises, but experts say the jury is still out on how meaningful these efforts will be.

Jul 19, 2021

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Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees To Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home

Tens of thousands of times a year, hospitals charge enormously expensive trauma alert fees for injuries so minor the patient is never admitted.

Jul 19, 2021

St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH

Bend’s Largest Hospital Sued For Misconduct

Jul 19, 2021
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Virginia Garcia medical services is trying to increase the vaccination rates of farmworkers. | VIRGINIA GARCIA

Vaccinating Migrant Farmworkers Is No Easy Task

For migrant farmworkers, outreach and mobile clinics are key to increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and overcoming hesitancy.

Jul 19, 2021
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Salem Police Arrest Two Men During Clash In Front Of Planned Parenthood

Fights between the Proud Boys and counterdemonstrators broke out during an event outside the health clinic Tuesday evening, police said.

Jul 15, 2021

ZoomCare opened a new clinic in Eugene. | ZOOMCARE

In Sudden Move, PeaceHealth Names New ZoomCare CEO

Torben Nielsen, who led the company’s expansion for two years is gone, replaced by veteran executive Jeffrey Fee.

Jul 15, 2021
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U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. | LOUIS VELAZQUEZ/UNSPLASH

Senate Democrats’ Plan Boosts Spending On Medicare, ACA Subsidies, Long-Term Care

The $3.5 trillion budget plan would be the largest infusion into the American health care system since 2010, but its passage may be difficult.

Jul 15, 2021

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