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State Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, testifies to the Oregon House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee about a bill he sponsored to overhaul Measure 110 on March 28, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Rewrite of state's health care rationing law stalls in Salem

With a bill spearheaded by Rep. Rob Nosse of Portland facing opposition in Salem, Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi has laid out a different path to make changes to the state's 30-year-old cost-control program known as the prioritized list

Feb 12
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Samaritan Health Services president and chief executive officer Marty Cahill explains a proposed merger with MultiCare Health System to a Lincoln City audience in November. | QUINTON SMITH | THE LINCOLN CHRONICLE

State launches review of MultiCare’s proposed acquisition of Samaritan Health

Proposed transaction would pump money into Corvallis-based hospital system while moving control and ultimate decision-making authority out of state

Feb 12
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Bill to prevent cervical cancer by mandating free diagnostics sailing through Legislature

The proposal would mandate free follow-up testing, which can cost up to $1,200 out of pocket

Feb 12
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Oregon bill that aims to ensure vaccine coverage draws mixed response

The proposal would give a top health official the authority to essentially write a statewide vaccine prescription that requires insurers pay for vaccines, but opponents say the measure could interfere with their rights

Feb 11
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Ozempic insulin injection pen. | NATALIA VARLEI/SHUTTERSTOCK

Provider sues Kaiser for $377,000 citing disproven Ozempic ‘fraud’ claim

A new defamation suit filed by a physician assistant and Oregon Health & Science University educator says two state medical boards cleared him of a bogus allegation that led to his termination by Kaiser

Feb 10
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Oregon leaders need to act now to streamline health care, group says

Industry leaders, providers urge Gov. Tina Kotek to help forge a cohesive vision to drive down costs and help Oregonians with affordability

Feb 10
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Oregon lawmakers consider tightening hospice oversight over fraud, abuse concerns

Senate Bill 1575 aims to protect people at the end of their lives from fraudulent companies that have stolen identities and provided few services in other states

Feb 10
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Bill to curb immigration enforcement at hospitals sparks mixed response

With hospitals and safety net clinics opposing the legislation, Sen. WInsvey Campos said she is trying to find a compromise as providers say patients are losing access to needed care. Hospitals had been off-limits to ICE activity until the Trump administration killed that policy last year.

Feb 5
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The measles virus | U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Measles spreads rapidly in Oregon, U.S.

Fresh off setting a 30-year high last year, the potentially deadly virus is on pace to triple that figure as vaccinations decline

Feb 5
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A rhesus macaque monkey, the type of monkey used in medical experiments at OSHU's Oregon National Primate Research Center. | SANOYATRA/SHUTTESTOCK

OHSU begins likely phase-out of primate research center

The National Institutes of Health has offered potential help to transition the center away from animal research and into a sanctuary for its thousands of rhesus macaques.

Feb 4
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