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Revolt by Oregon counties delays state behavioral health changes

State health officials want counties to focus mental health spending on criminal defendants, but counties say vulnerable people would lose access and suffer as a result

Jun 24, 2025

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New report ranks Oregon’s health care system better than most

But changes coming out of Washington, D.C., could hurt access and affordability — and block researchers’ ability to measure those effects, expert says

Jun 24, 2025
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Major behavioral health bills pending as Legislature winds down

While at least one major bill combining several pieces of legislation appears to have momentum, another backed by top lawmakers and behavioral health providers will be killed by leadership

Jun 19, 2025
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Oregon health officials will appeal federal contempt-of-court finding

Critics say Oregon has had plenty of time to invest in fixes to ensure prompt care of mentally ill people housed in jail, but the state officials say a new ruling levying hefty fines was unfair and unfounded

Jun 19, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025

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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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