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Optum-owned Oregon Medical Group is ending Eugene-area obstetric services

Physician-owned Women's Care is hiring some OB-GYN's leaving the corporate clinic chain. Talks are ongoing over whether maternity services will continue at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield, and PeaceHealth is readying for an increase in births.

Aug 13, 2025
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Oregon hospitals house mentally ill for long periods, dashboard shows

New state website supports longstanding complaints that hospitals have become a stopgap for holes in the Oregon mental health system

Apr 24, 2025
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Oregon joins new lawsuit to stop Trump’s ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood

The action came a day after a judge ruled against stripping the clinics of crucial federal funding, which the organization says would force them to close facilities and reduce services

Jul 30, 2025
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Voters Say Congress Needs To Curb Drug Prices, But Are Lawmakers Listening?

Nov 11, 2019

Oregon Senate leaders spoke to reporters about their priorities for a 2024 legislative session expected to focus on addressing housing and behavioral health. From left: Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp, Senate President Rob Wagner and Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Legislature’s 2024 session looks packed with health care

Lawmakers will take up major health care issues in the five-week session as well as potential Measure 110 changes

Feb 6, 2024
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Lawmakers Explore 'Public Option' To Fill Gaps In Oregonians’ Health Insurance

The sponsor of a bill that proposes a public option for people who lack insurance wants it delayed so the state can complete another study.

Apr 1, 2021
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

State Hospital making new changes after yet more problems found

Six months after a controversial patient death at the state’s main psychiatric institution, an unannounced federal inspection in September called on the Oregon Health Authority to make changes to how patients are restrained and placed in seclusion

Nov 18, 2025
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House passes bill to boost Oregon hospitals’ charity care

Reports of tax-exempt hospitals hounding poor patients for payment prompted lawmakers to consider toughening Oregon’s charity care requirements

Apr 25, 2023
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