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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023.
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Gov. Tina Kotek speaks at the signing of the health care staffing bill on Aug. 15, 2023 at the Capitol in Salem, Ore.
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The Oregon Health Authority headquarters in Salem on Nov. 8, 2023.
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Jordan Morelli, a supervisor at the David Romprey Oregon Warmline, pauses in between calls. Morelli has worked at the warmline for about nine years, taking calls from people who need help talking through mental health struggles.
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Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
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Christine Reeh, a licensed therapist, tells the Oregon House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, how insurance auditing practices threaten to reduce access to mental health treatment services.
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Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines outside Providence Portland Medical Center on Monday as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike.
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The Capitol Building in Salem, Ore., on March 21, 2023.
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