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SEN. LAURIE MONNES ANDERSON CHAIRS THE SENATE HEALTH CARE COMMITTEE./ALEX VISSER

No Clear Path Toward Plugging Oregon’s Medicaid Gap, Senator Says

Mar 6, 2019
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Oregon Could Become the First State to Offer Universal Home Health Visits to New Parents

Senate Bill 526 would set up home visits by public health nurses.

Jan 29, 2019

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OREGON LAWMAKERS (LEFT TO RIGHT), SEN. LAURIE MONNES ANDERSON, REP. MITCH GREENLICK, REP. CEDRIC HAYDEN, REP. ROB NOSSE AND REP. ALISSA KENY-GUYER DISCUSS UPCOMING LEGISLATION FOR THE 2019 SESSION./EDIS JURCYS PHOTOGRAPHY

Oregon Legislators Detail Their Health Agenda for Upcoming Session

Dec 11, 2018
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McCain Hated The ACA But Also Saved It

Shortly after his cancer diagnosis, he thwarted the Republican party's attempt to overturn the Affordable Care Act.

Aug 27, 2018

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Wren Vetens, a Reed College graduate and transgender woman, got caught in the political crosswinds after the election of President Donald Trump. | KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Reed College Grad's Plan for Transgender Surgery Caught in Political Crosswinds

The election of President Donald Trump had a big impact on transgender people, peeling back health care protections.

Jul 27, 2018

Oregon Health Groups Prepare for August Eclipse and Massive Tourist Influx

A million or more people could swell the state’s population during the Aug. 21 event, stressing rural health services, and creating sanitation risks.

Jul 18, 2017

Brown’s Effort to Cover Immigrant Children May Depend on Healthcare Industry

Gov. Kate Brown has proposed an agenda for the 2017 session that’s high on difficult cuts, but also perhaps surprisingly has a heavy lift for a big wish.

Jan 6, 2017

Islanders Get Promise of 2016 for Insurance Program While State Refines Details

An upswing in awareness of the COFA islanders’ plight in the last weeks of the session was not enough to get them insurance coverage immediately, but a bill passed out of committee that directs the Department of Consumer & Business Services to figure out the program details, and Sen. Bates said they’d work to get the program passed next year.

Jun 25, 2015

Communities are the new centers of innovation and learning

In this article, Dr. Michael Rohwer’s fifth in a series that examines healthcare as a Complex Adaptive System, he describes the first of two key innovations necessary to radically improve care while lowering cost.

May 13, 2015

Oregon Insurance Execs Dismiss Public Option

October 27, 2009 -- The public option debated in Congress won’t gain any traction with Oregon’s insurance executives who keep comparing the proposal to traditional Medicare, claiming it’s a broken system in need of serious repair.

Oct 27, 2009