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HOLLIE MURPHY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AFTER A SURGERY BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T GET CHARITY CARE./SEIU LOCAL 49

Charity Care Bill Faces Vote

Apr 1, 2019
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FELISA HAGIS IS THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR OF SEIU LOCAL 49./JESSICA FLOUM/THE LUND REPORT

Union Seeks Crackdown On Hospital Charity Care, Staffing

Mar 25, 2019
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Providence, SEIU Clash Over High Exec Pay, Union Push

Jan 12, 2019
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A health care worker pushes a gurney passed other workers in blue scrubs inside a hospital through a corridor.

Inside Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Health Care Jobs On The Upswing

Jan 12, 2019

Hospitals Try to Avoid Price Transparency by Advancing Phony Bill

The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems appeared to outmaneuver the efforts of Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, SEIU and consumer advocates to demand the right to know what patients are being charged by getting the ranking members of the Senate Health Committee to sign onto a competing measure that does not disclose individual hospital information and provides only outdated average statewide data from the all-payer, all-claims database.

Mar 27, 2015

Kitzhaber Signs Homecare Worker Law, Opening Registry to Private Payment

SB 1542 was pushed by SEIU and senior advocates, giving middle-class seniors a new option, in addition to private home care agencies, to help them stay in their homes while meeting the needs of daily living. The state homecare workers, previously available only for Medicaid clients, will soon be open for all.

May 29, 2014

SEIU Enrolls Over 6,000 Oregonians in Cover Oregon, Helps Working Families and Members Secure Affordable Health Care

SEIU enrolls over 6,000 Oregonians in Cover Oregon, helps working families and members secure affordable health care

Apr 21, 2014

Policy Board Moves Ahead at Setting Sustainable Growth Rate

The Oregon Health Policy Board made a baby-step Tuesday in its efforts to tackle rising healthcare costs -- approving a committee to set the groundwork for a legally allowable, sustainable rate of medical inflation for healthcare providers. When the board finishes it work, it could recommend penalties and rewards to keep providers under a reasonable inflation rate, likely one similar to the rate imposed on the the coordinated care organizations -- 3.4 percent.

Apr 3, 2014

Private Homecare Agencies Worry About Competition from State

A new law that will expand the state home care Medicaid registry onto the open market has some private agencies who offer this kind of care worried that the state is butting in on their business. Other observers maintain that the public option will have little or no effect on their ability to provide quality care to seniors.

Mar 28, 2014

Oracle CFO and President Makes More in One Hour than Oregonians Eligible for the Oregon Health Plan Make in a Year

SEIU calls Oracle executive compensation “outrageous” as the company repeatedly fails to deliver a functional online exchange

Mar 18, 2014