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He needed a liver transplant. But did the risks outweigh the reward?

A transplant program in Memphis took pride in replacing the livers of patients turned away by other hospitals. One patient’s liver transplant illustrates the promise and peril of operating on people with serious risk factors.

Aug 24

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After backlash, feds cancel plan that risked limiting breast reconstruction options

Through its coding decisions, the federal government can influence the medical options available to patients, even those with private insurance.

Aug 24

Tonjanic Hill lost a 2017 pregnancy at 19 weeks. Two years later, she was pregnant again with twins. This time, she was on bed rest for months and had to have an emergency cesarean section at 34 weeks. The twins, though premature, are now preschoolers. | BRANDON THIBODEAUX/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Dangers and deaths around Black pregnancies seen as a ‘completely preventable’ health crisis

Black women are less likely to carry a pregnancy to term and face disproportionately high maternal mortality rates

Aug 24

PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District in Eugene, Ore. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

Eugene hospital closure sign of wider PeaceHealth financial woes

The three-state nonprofit system has run up big operating losses for the past four years

Aug 24
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Family of man who died in Klickitat County Jail questions facility’s medical care

Ivan Howtopat’s family believes he should have been taken to a hospital for fentanyl withdrawal

Aug 24

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Salinas’ bill would expand federal coverage of behavioral health services

Medicare and Medicaid recipients face barriers to accessing mental health and addiction services

Aug 24
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District in Eugene, Ore. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

PeaceHealth to close University District hospital in Eugene

The Vancouver, Washington-based health systems says it is consolidating services

Aug 22

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State health care helpline makes Oregonians wait too long, federal officials say

People may not be getting coverage because wait times are so long, feds warn Oregon and 16 other states

Aug 22
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Ryan Patraw process ballots at the Marion County Clerk’s Office in Salem on Monday, May 16. Each ballot goes through several steps before it is scanned to have the vote tabulated. | RON COOPER/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Wyden, Merkley press Medicaid administrator on Oregon automatic voter registration expansion

A new state law will automatically add Medicaid recipients to state voter rolls, but only if the federal government allows the Oregon Health Authority to share data

Aug 22

The outside of the St. Charles Health System campus in Bend on July 26, 2022. | JONI AUDEN LAND/OPB

Oregon patients will soon be able to receive their amputated body parts for cultural, spiritual reasons

For some members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, keeping a person’s body together is necessary for a smooth transition to the spirit world

Aug 22

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