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The federal health insurance marketplace, HealthCare.gov on May 31, 2022. | THE LUND REPORT/EMILY GREEN

Oregon health insurance premiums going up — but less than in other states

Oregon's average rate hikes of close to 10% could get far worse for many people, since they don't include the scheduled expiration of premium subsidies being debated in Congress. But the state's hikes are still lower than in many other states.

Sep 16, 2025
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Providence will shutter pediatric ICU at St. Vincent

Unit in Washington County had low patient volumes; patients will be transported to larger units at Doernbecher and Randall children’s hospitals. Nurses union blasts the decision.

Sep 16, 2025
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Bill to shield consumers' credit scores from medical debt signed into law

Gov. Tina Kotek has signed a law backed by consumer advocates that is intended to prevent medical debt from affecting credit scores

Sep 16, 2025
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Clackamas jail care failures led to man’s death, suit claims

Suit’s allegations trace how Robert Hight III went from cooperatively requesting medical attention in jail to lying unresponsive on his cell’s floor due to a massive “brain bleed”

Sep 11, 2025
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Effort to hire permanent leader for troubled state hospital fizzles — again

Interim superintendent will remain in place, providing a “stabilizing” effect as the hospital deals with court-ordered fines and capacity issues, court monitor reports

Sep 11, 2025

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For a time, drive-through and walk-in vaccinations were available across the state, including some funded by the state. | PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PORTLAND TRIBUNE (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Central Oregon urgent care settlement follows ‘upcoding’ fraud allegations

State justice department investigators concluded physician Terrace Mucha knew or should have known her company was billing the government for drive-through COVID tests in Bend at improperly high rates. But she said any violation was inadvertent.

Sep 11, 2025
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State boosts rates to keep Oregon Health Plan contractors

The rates issued by the state for last year’s contracts failed to cover costs to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, prompting some care organizations to consider leaving the Medicaid-funded program altogether

Sep 9, 2025
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Oregon Health Forum Panelist (clockwise from top left) Ifeoma Muoto, Juan Pedro Moreno Olmeda, Chelsea King, Maureen Hinman, Andi M. Walsh and Jun Orion. Pictured Sept. 8, 2025.

Oregon youths’ health requires prevention, collaboration to weather federal storm, panel says

Health care experts and policymakers gathered Monday to discuss ways to make Oregon’s care system for young people resilient against federal cuts and achieve better outcomes

Sep 9, 2025
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Rep. Cyrus Javadi speaking on the floor of the Oregon House in 2025 | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Q&A: Rep. Cyrus Javadi, a health care player in Salem, changes parties

The Tillamook dentist, who faced an uprising in his own party over some of his votes, is now a Democrat. He says the change won’t alter his focus on the health of Oregon’s health care system.

Sep 9, 2025
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Hawaii joins Oregon, Washington and California in split with Trump administration over vaccines

The Western states plan to counter controversial recommendations issued by the federal government under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who is now leading the federal health bureaucracy

Sep 3, 2025
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