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Rewrite of state's health care rationing law stalls in Salem

With a bill spearheaded by Rep. Rob Nosse of Portland facing opposition in Salem, Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi has laid out a different path to make changes to the state's 30-year-old cost-control program known as the prioritized list
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Nick Budnick
|The Lund Report Premium
February 12, 2026
 
Rep. Rob Nosse (right) had pushed to phase out a 30-year-old cost control program as chair of the House Health Committee. He is pictured at a 2023 legislative hearing. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

An Oregon program set up 30 years ago to control

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Rep. Rob Nosse (right) had pushed to phase out a 30-year-old cost control program as chair of the House Health Committee. He is pictured at a 2023 legislative hearing.