The Oregon Health Authority responds to a plea from public health officials from Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties for more vaccine to inoculate the tens of thousands in category 1a.
Oregon needs to respond to new information about variants as most other states have, by adjusting the current priority to begin vaccinations for 65+ immediately.
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The governor’s Commission on Senior Services became the latest group to make an appeal, saying, “We implore you to reverse your latest decision immediately.”
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The insurer’s commercial arm violated state-mandated deadlines nearly 4,500 times when members or providers contested denials of service.
Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties have closed their signup form, leaving about 50,000 people in the metro area without an appointment.
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Governor sticks with COVID-19 vaccination schedule despite critics, including the group representing Oregon hospitals.
The governor urged Oregon to prepare for a long haul with the pandemic and said she would back a proposal to cap the rise in health care costs statewide at 3.4%.
The area was late in adding seniors 65 and older to its eligibility list along with 50-year-olds in multigenerational households but is now on par with the rest of the state.
The outbreak is the latest to affect patients and staff working in a hospital in Oregon or Southwest Washington.
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A retired school teacher with health conditions told The Lund Report that “if I get this I die,” referring to the novel coronavirus.
