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Tony Neves, an urgent care technician, wheels Julianne Upton out of the Valley Immediate Care clinic in Central Point outside Medford after treatment for a knee injury on Oct. 23, 2025. Another staff member, technician Savannah Hixs, holds the door. The company operates six urgent care clinics in southern Oregon. | COURTESY OF VALLEY IMMEDIATE CARE

Oregon patients turn to urgent care as primary care suffers

The doubling of urgent care clinics in the past 10 years worries some health experts, who say the trend masks the state’s lack of support for family medicine docs and general practitioners

Jan 15
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OREGON MEDICAL GROUP IS A MAJOR PROVIDER IN LANE COUNTY,/CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Optum legal tactics endanger Oregonians, lawmakers say

Amid a primary care shortage, a Eugene lawmaker and others want the health care giant to stop enforcing contracts that prevent doctors from providing care in the area after they quit

Apr 25, 2024

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Opinion: Eulogy for a medical home

An advocate for family medicine says the sudden closure of her own family’s clinic shows the need for lawmakers to act

Feb 19

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Members of a state universal health board split as deadline nears

Four months from when it needs to report to the Legislature, some feel the board needs to do more thinking about how to pay for a comprehensive system of affordable care

May 12
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REP. ALISSA KENY-GUYER IS CHAIR OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING.

State Lawmakers Seek Funding for Homeless And Foster Youth

Oregon lawmakers want to put more money into helping unaccompanied homeless youth before they enter adulthood.

Feb 3, 2020
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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Unexpected signups fuel $260 million budget hole at Oregon Health Authority

Unexpectedly high enrollment numbers in the Oregon Health Plan will cost ‘a big chunk of change’ official says, and agency officials now will ask lawmakers for help funding that care as well as for unplanned staffing costs at the Oregon State Hospital

Oct 22, 2024
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Planned Parenthood facilities, like this one in southeast Portland, provide mostly testing and treating sexually transmitted infections and birth control services. Abortions make up a small portion of the services most Oregon Planned Parenthood affiliates provide. | LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

One eastern Oregon clinic is a health care ‘lifeline.’ Medicaid cuts threaten its existence

Abortions are a small share of Oregon Planned Parenthood services, except at the Idaho border, where the Ontario Planned Parenthood health center is the nearest place many Idahoans can legally access abortion care.

Oct 1, 2025

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. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon nurses union grapples with growing pains, contested election

In one of the state's most powerful health care unions, would-be reformers are running on a platform of change while calling leadership out-of-touch. An opposing slate of candidates stresses unity while taking a more moderate tone.

Jan 8
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Oregon primary care takeaway sparks alarm for doctors, clinics

An overoptimistic budget projection by state health officials has led to a scramble to slash funding relied on by primary care providers. But critics say care for low-income children, mothers and others is at risk.

Oct 21, 2025

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‘Noncompetes’ on chopping block as providers are kept from caring for Oregonians

Oregon lawmakers are considering two bills aimed at employer agreements that keep medical professionals from working elsewhere

Feb 13, 2025
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