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Mollie and Aaron Huyck with their daughter. | PHOTO COURTESY OF MOLLIE HUYCK

A difficult path to birth leads to giving back

A Portland-area woman who struggled with infertility in her 30s now helps others with the same disease

Jun 30
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Oregon, other states sue Trump administration over new Medicaid work rules

The lawsuit, filed by 25 states and the District of Columbia, contends that the administration’s rules issued to put in place a law approved last year by Congress will hurt medically fragile people, strain safety net clinics and cause rural hospitals to close

Jun 29
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Nicci Schaefer-Limbach and her husband Jordan Schaefer-Limbach turned to in-vitro fertilization to have their daughter, Luella Ray Schaefer-Limbach, who was born in 2022. Every year, they celebrate not only her birthday but also the day in February when the embryo transfer was made. “That's a holiday in this house,” Nicci Schaefer-Limbach said. “That's love child day.” | COURTESY PHOTO

Thousands of Oregonians wrestle with trying to have a baby

At a time when healthcare costs are rising, couples struggling with infertility are fighting to navigate a system that’s not set up to help them — at great personal cost.

Jun 23
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Oregon lags many states in passing infertility coverage but lawmakers not giving up

Though infertility is a disease that affects one in six people, it is not mandated to be covered by commercial insurance policies, largely because of cost

Jun 16
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The Oregon Clinic expands services through merger with 90-year-old Broadway clinic in Portland

The merger, announced on Monday, means the Broadway clinic will no longer take patients on some insurance plans

Jun 8
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Nurses blast state approval of Providence spinoff of home health and hospice to for-profit

The Oregon Nurses Association said the state needs to tighten conditions on the deal between Providence Home Health and Hospice and Compassus, a for-profit Tennessee-based company partly owned by a private equity firm

Jun 4
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Oregon doctor convicted in fatal hit-and-run was already under medical board investigation

Kenneth Kolarsky, a Silverton ER doc, had faced pending state discipline over alleged prescribing violations before being sentenced to 13 months in prison

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Sale of largest Oregon provider of pediatric in-home care to Texas company wins state approval

Texas-based Therapy2000, which is owned by a private equity firm, is buying KidsCare, a for-profit that mostly serves children on the Oregon Health Plan, the state's version of Medicaid

May 28
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Oregon’s U.S. senators demand answers from Trump administration over leak of providers’ personal data

Merkley and Wyden want to know more about the leak uncovered by The Washington Post. It occurred during the administration’s update to a provider directory for beneficiaries of Medicare, the health plan for the elderly and those with disabilities.

May 20
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