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OHSU study finds Medicaid networks rife with ‘ghost’ providers

Many providers listed as part of the provider networks serving lower-income people in the federal program don't actually serve those people, contributing to care shortages and delays

Feb 2
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Lawmakers Lobby Behind Scenes To Push Universal Health Care Through Senate

Feb 20, 2020
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Lawmakers Regulate Midwives, Pot Dispensaries, Community Health Workers; Launch Healthcare Study

July 8, 2013 — The Legislature cleared through dozens of bills on Saturday, including a study of universal healthcare and the regulation of midwives, marijuana dispensaries and traditional health workers as lawmakers moved to close the session. Midwife Regulation

Jul 8, 2013

A statue outside the Oregon Capitol. | ALEX VISSER/THE LUND REPORT

Crunch Time In Salem: Lawmakers Consider Must-Do Lists

May 15, 2019
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) speaks at Mehmet Oz's confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on March 14. | ERIC HARKLEROAD/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden seeks answers on RFK Jr.’s purge of FOIA staff

Wyden wants Kennedy to outline what plans, if any, HHS has to keep meeting its FOIA obligations, and how much Elon Musk was involved in the decisions

May 8, 2025

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

Uneven playing field pushes independent docs to corporate medicine, Oregon panel says

With lawmakers expected to take up legislation that’s being watched across the country, experts detailed a complicated picture

Oct 17, 2024
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Morgan Cowling (right), the outgoing executive director of the Universal Health Plan Governance Board, reads from a document during the panel's first meeting in April 2024. Jennifer Donovan (left), a senior policy advisor, will serve as interim executive director after Cowling resigned. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Top staffer to Oregon's universal health care board resigns

Nine months after its launch the new state board tasked with crafting a plan for universal health care in Oregon needs to replace its top staffer

Jan 16, 2025
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