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Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek. | LYNN HOWLETT PHOTOGRAPHY

Election Results Rife With Implications for Oregonians' Health Care

Democrat Tina Kotek will be Oregon's next governor, her party is losing its supermajorities in Salem, and the ballot measure making health care a fundamental right has won.

Nov 9, 2022
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Tina Kotek On Health Care

The Democratic candidate says she’ll focus on bringing down costs as well as increasing access to care and pay for frontline workers.

Apr 23, 2022
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State health officials are racing to win federal approval of Oregon Health Plan changes before Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, shown at the Oregon Convention Center vaccination site, leaves office. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Health Care Heavyweights Dole Out Contributions As Oregon’s Gubernatorial Race Heats Up

Hospital groups and labor unions are picking their favorites, but bigger campaign donations will flow closer to the May primary and the November election.

Mar 24, 2022
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Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek. | LYNN HOWLETT PHOTOGRAPHY

Q&A: Speaker Tina Kotek To Leave Gavel And Legislature

Now running for governor, the longtime legislative leader introduced a bill to fight community violence with Medicaid funds as she was leaving.

Jan 18, 2022
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House lawmakers meet during the special session on Thursday, June 25, 2020. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Special Session Finishes As Budget Showdown Looms

Gov. Kate Brown -- and lawmakers -- hope that federal authorities will give Oregon money to help plug the budget hole before another special session later this summer.

Jun 29, 2020
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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | RENAUDE HATSEDAKIS

Updated: Democratic Lawmakers Declare Session Over

Mar 5, 2020
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Speaker Kotek Adds $20 Million to Homelessness, Affordable Housing Proposal

Feb 12, 2020
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Kotek Joins Greenlick in Pushing for CCO Reform, Against Resistance

Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, rolled out his coordinated care organization reform bill on Monday with the support of House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland. Greenlick intends to build on the success of locally driven reforms to the state Medicaid program by requiring CCOs to be more transparent and more accountable while protecting the public investment in the health of the state’s children, low-income adults and disabled people.

Mar 1, 2017

Regence BlueCross BlueShield Top Spender of Legislative Candidates

August 27, 2013 — Health insurance companies have poured more than $550,000 into state and local elections in Oregon since the start of 2011, with over 40 percent of that money spent by Regence BlueCross BlueShield, which invested $236,000 in its preferred candidates and causes.

Aug 27, 2013