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How a Republican trifecta could reshape abortion access in a deep blue state like Oregon

Abortion providers in Oregon say they’re preparing for changes, despite protective state laws

Nov 19, 2024

Oregon House Majority Leader Ben Bowman speaks about his efforts to curb what critics call the "corporatization of medicine" at the Oregon Health Forum on Oct. 16, 2024, in Portland. To his left is Brian Kelly, CEO of Women’s Healthcare Associates. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Bowman reboots Oregon push to limit corporate control of medicine

The revived bill addresses criticism from providers, multinational corporations and other interests that helped sink it last year

Jan 14
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OHSU's main campus in Portland in September, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Proposed OHSU-Legacy merger set to go under a microscope

A review board will recommend to state regulators whether to approve a hospital merger that would hold a commanding market position in the Portland area

Nov 5, 2024

A health care worker pushes a gurney passed other workers in blue scrubs inside a hospital through a corridor.

Inside Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Sees Nursing School Applications Dry Up: Report

A new report confirms Oregon’s nursing shortage and points to long-term challenges in producing new nurses.

Dec 8, 2022
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Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is tentatively being absorbed by California-based Adventist Health. | PHOTO BY LARVICK MEDIA/COURTESY OF MCMC

Unions, care groups want appeals court to preserve Oregon health care merger oversight

As consolidation continues, the program has brought large health care transactions into focus. But a challenge over its constitutionality continues

Jan 28
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Private equity and large corporations have a complicated and not always noticed presence in health care. A bill limiting the corporate practice of medicine failed to pass the Oregon Legislature despite broad support. | SHUTTERSTOCK

What killed the Oregon effort to curb corporate medicine?

Concerns over big business in health care propelled a rookie lawmaker’s bill through the House before opponents entangled it in delay, objections

Mar 12, 2024

Dr. Lisa Reynolds, a pediatrician and Democratic lawmaker, speaks at the CCO Oregon conference in Salem in Sept. 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon’s only pediatrician in Legislature offers new approach to help vulnerable children

Recently sworn in as a state senator, Dr. Lisa Reynolds wants to address poverty, mental illness and other social challenges she has seen in her medical practice in her 'Momnibus' bill

Dec 12, 2024

The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Democrats unveil bill to recriminalize drug possession, step up access to treatment

Three years after Oregon eliminated criminal consequences, influential lawmakers say it’s time for a course correction. Republicans say the changes wouldn’t be enough.

Jan 25, 2024

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