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Veterans Affairs offers medical services in Eugene. | SHUTTERSTOCK

VA cut jeopardizes cancer monitoring among veterans in the Northwest, Wyden charges

Senior Oregon Senator wants the VA to reverse a cut made under a controversial Trump administration initiative

Jun 19
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Oregon state senators prepare for a floor session on March 21. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Lawmakers set to approve bigger Oregon Health Authority budget

Revised plan includes nearly 300 hires despite Republican criticism and expected federal funding cuts

Jun 17
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Trump administration seeks Medicaid data from Oregon amid immigration crackdown

In a move questioned for its ethics and legality, the administration is giving the state until July 30 to hand over personal data of a kind it has started sharing with immigration enforcers at the Department of Homeland Security

Jun 13

OHSU's next president will be ex-Biden official Shereef Elnahal

Elnahal was an official at the Department of Veterans Affairs and before that headed a hospital and a state health agency in New Jersey

Jun 13
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Controversial Oregon child welfare bill moves forward in Salem

The proposal aims to improve behavioral and medical care of the state’s most vulnerable youth, but opponents say it will subject Oregon kids to problematic care in other states

Jun 12
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Providence discloses job cuts, citing darkening picture for hospital systems

Oregon's largest hospital system will cut the equivalent of 600 people from its seven-state workforce of 125,000, including 134 in Oregon. Leaders faulted onerous requirements approved by the Oregon Legislature among other things.

Jun 12
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Lawmakers poised to give Oregon a strategy to prevent drug use, addiction, especially in young people

A bill being considered by budget writers would mark a crucial step forward in a state struggling to tackle the drug crisis, supporters say

Jun 11
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Scathing federal report details safety lapses at Oregon State Hospital

A new 245-page report details findings of a federal inspection that found numerous problems with policies and practices at the psychiatric institution following the death of a patient in March 18.

Jun 11
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Deciphering the federal contempt order against Oregon health officials

Hefty fines and a beefed-up state watchdog will add to existing pressure over constitutional violations, but some are worried that other issues won’t be addressed

Jun 10
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