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Former state Rep. Rachel Prusak, D-Tualatin/West Linn introduced the bill launching a "bridge health plan" to help people making up to 200% of poverty level. Shown, she talks during a virtual Oregon Health Forum panel in 2020. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Panel: Telehealth Use Has Expanded But Access Remains A Problem

Homeless and impoverished people often lack mobile devices, and patients in rural and frontier areas of Oregon have poor or no broadband access.

Jun 10, 2020
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New Coronavirus Hot Spots Emerge Across South And In California, As Northeast Slows

Mass protests against police violence across the U.S. have public health officials concerned about an accelerated spread of the coronavirus.

Jun 10, 2020

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When A Doctor No Longer Accepts Medicare, Patients Left Holding The Bag

Jun 9, 2020

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Oregon Nonprofit Hospitals With Losses But Big Reserves Rake In CARES Money

While hospitals cite their recent revenue drops and plead for money from lawmakers, they often are sitting on healthy reserve accounts that they built up in the boom years.

Jun 8, 2020
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Total Federal Payout To Oregon Hospitals In Flux

The final figures are not yet in but the payouts range from nearly $400,000 to more than $33 million per facility.

Jun 8, 2020

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon’s For-Profit, Revenue-Rich Hospitals Reap Millions In Federal Payout

The federal government gave the two for-profit hospitals in the state plenty despite the fact that they generate big annual payouts for their out-of-state owners.

Jun 8, 2020
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