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Opinion: State's record on mental health funds doesn't instill trust

Oregon Heath Authority officials are trying to rewrite an agreement with counties to fund and direct behavioral health services across the state. But local officials have balked at state proposals and doubt they'll receive the funding needed to meet the demand.

Jul 3, 2025
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Legacy mismanaged retirement plan, new lawsuit claims

The class-action suit alleges the company made bad investments and inflated fees while the plan’s administrators profited — all at the expense of employees’ financial future

Jul 3, 2025
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Kitzhaber to Bentz: Preserve health care coverage

The former governor's expertise had been cited by the Oregon Republican, but the health care reformer says Bentz should withhold his vote and prevent deep cuts to the programs benefitting one in three Oregonians

Jul 3, 2025

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Oregon, 19 states sue Trump administration over sharing Medicaid data with immigration officials

The Trump administration gave Oregon until the end of July to release the personal information of Medicaid recipients and has shared similar information from other states with deportation officials

Jul 2, 2025

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Lawmakers clear bills targeting Oregon’s struggling mental health system

New laws will loosen civil commitment rules and devote tens of millions of dollars to new residential facilities and workers to staff them

Jun 30, 2025
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Oregon lawmakers pushed through some health care bills, not others as session ended

Nurses won improvements in several areas, and could receive unemployment while on strike, while a bill intended to curb community pharmacy closures fizzled

Jun 30, 2025
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Drugmaker audit is a setup, OHSU says

With drugmakers fighting to limit drug discounts that hospitals and other providers rely on, Johnson & Johnson has launched an audit of what it calls unusual activity — but university lawyers say it’s a PR ploy with ‘calamitous’ results

Jun 26, 2025
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Federal grant cuts drive layoffs at Oregon Health Authority

Already 10 people working to prevent the spread of disease have been notified their jobs are going away, and more are expected despite an increased budget

Jun 26, 2025
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Hospitals, providers effort to win lawsuit protections passes just under the wire

Critics said it will hurt victims, but a bill to exempt hospitals and others from product liability litigation crossed the finish line on Friday, the last day of the legislative session. The bill appeared dead on Thursday.

Jun 26, 2025
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Patients who contract measles, a highly contagious disease, develop a skin rash. | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Adult sickened with measles in Portland area after travel abroad

Officials say the case is not related to hundreds of others who’ve been sickened by measles this year, most of them unvaccinated.

Jun 24, 2025