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MEMBERS OF THE COLLECTIVE OF INDIGENOUS INTERPRETERS OF OREGON AFTER THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY AT PORTLAND CENTER STAGE AT THE ARMORY IN DECEMBER./COURTESY OF PUEBLO UNIDO

Indigenous Language Interpreters Say They’ve Been Excluded From Equity-Based Push

They say state officials’ have declined repeated requests to meet with them regarding health care interpreter certification requirements and new rules aimed at making the industry more equitable.

Mar 31, 2022

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Second COVID-19 Boosters Available For People 50 And Older, Immunocompromised

Oregon Health Authority officials say vaccine supplies are ample for the next phase of vaccinations.

Mar 31, 2022

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Clinical Student Alleges Sexual Harassment At Vibra’s Portland Hospital

A civil rights complaint also accuses Vibra Speciality Hospital of Portland of coverup in the matter.

Mar 31, 2022
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State Report Says Hospitals Overcharging Private Insurers

The trade group representing Oregon hospitals says the state’s analysis is slanted and unfair.

Mar 29, 2022
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The building on Southwest Broadway in Portland that housed FamilyCare's corporate offices. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Health Authority Settles With FamilyCare For $22.5 Million 

Proceeds of the agreement will be donated to the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Lebanon.

Mar 25, 2022
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Task Force For Oregon’s New ‘Bridge’ Health Plan Poised To Launch

Applications are open for a new state task force aimed at helping the working poor with affordable health coverage.

Mar 24, 2022
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State health officials are racing to win federal approval of Oregon Health Plan changes before Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, shown at the Oregon Convention Center vaccination site, leaves office. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Health Care Heavyweights Dole Out Contributions As Oregon’s Gubernatorial Race Heats Up

Hospital groups and labor unions are picking their favorites, but bigger campaign donations will flow closer to the May primary and the November election.

Mar 24, 2022
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Opinion: Finding An Effective Cure For High Drug Prices

Congress must pass legislation to increase pharmaceutical pricing transparency and rein-in pharmacy benefit managers.

Mar 22, 2022
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Darlene Eckert was a resident representative during the five-year Housing with Services program that provided coordinated health care to more than 1,400 residents in Portland./Courtesy of Darlene Eckert.

Portland Project Combining Health And Housing Gets New Attention

Founding leaders of the ambitious effort to improve care and save money hope its demise has lessons for a national audience.

Mar 22, 2022
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MICK STEVENS OF TIGARD PUT HIS PARALEGAL CAREER ON HOLD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS DAUGHTER, JILLIAN, DURING THE PANDEMIC./COURTESY OF MICK STEVENS.

Oregon Parents Fight To Keep Care Payments As Pandemic Winds Down

Medicaid funds have gone to hundreds of parents of severely developmentally disabled children for their caregiving during the public health emergency, but that is slated to end.

Mar 17, 2022
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