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Oregon's Constitutional Amendment For Affordable Health Care Sparks Debate

Critics of Measure 111 raise concerns about new right to sue over care as supporters downplay the fears.

Oct 18, 2022

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Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland. | M.O. STEVENS/WIKIMEDIA

Oregon Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into Providence Health

The move puts the state’s largest health provider under widening scrutiny for its practices of billing and collecting from patients.

Oct 17, 2022
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An employee of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services helps a consumer pick a health care plan on the federal online health insurance marketplace. | DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES

Oregon’s ‘Bridge’ Health Plan Takes Shape

Proponents of the plan say it will improve health outcomes for people throughout the state, particularly those who cycle on and off the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan.

Oct 17, 2022
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Dr. Dean Sidelinger, state public health official, speaks at an Oct. 13, 2022 press conference held online./Screenshot

Oregon Health Officials Urge Caution As Fall Flu Season Approaches

COVID-19 boosters approved for children age 5 to 11 this week.

Oct 13, 2022
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SEIU Questions Hospital Billing Practices 

The union representing health care workers says hospitals throughout Oregon fail to comply with state laws for charity and billing.

Oct 12, 2022
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COUNTY HEALTH WORKERS VACCINATED AT NPHC ON JAN. 13, 2021/MOTOYA NAKAMURA/MULTNOMAH COUNTY

Multnomah County Health Care Workers Raise Concerns Of Inequities, Staffing

Two unions representing more than 1,000 health care workers in Oregon’s largest county say employees need better pay and support.

Oct 11, 2022
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Opinion: Why Oregonians Should Support A Health Care System Transformation

The president of Health Care for All Oregon shares his views on the task force that recommended 2023 universal health care legislation.

Oct 11, 2022
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Workers rallied on Oct. 10, 2022, at Peacehealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, to protest working conditions. | COURTESY PHOTO

PeaceHealth Workers In Vancouver Claim Management ‘Bullying’

Over the past two years, nearly all of the Washington hospital’s roughly 90 patient access representatives have quit, according to the union.

Oct 11, 2022
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COLLECTIVE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS OF OREGON AND PUEBLO UNIDO PDX STAFF AT THEIR TARDE DE FIESTA EVENT ON SEPT.11, 2022./COURTESY OF PUEBLO UNIDO PDX

Indigenous language interpreters welcome new health care rules, say more work is needed

As rules requiring the use of credentialed interpreters in health care take effect, Indigenous language interpreters seek additional legislation to promote equity.

Oct 6, 2022

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A new study by public health officials in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties showed that common death investigation software is contributing to the problem of death certificates misgendering transgender and nonbinary decedents. Pictured, the Washington County Public Safety Building./Courtesy photo

Most Transgender, Nonbinary People In Portland Metro Misgendered In Death Records, Study Finds

Researchers compared ten years of medical examiner’s narratives to death certificates, and found they frequently did not match.

Oct 5, 2022
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