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Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis. | M.O. STEVENS | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Corvallis-based Samaritan Health announces deal to join MultiCare

Financially strapped system’s CEO had called the Oregon health care environment ‘unsustainable.’ If the deal is approved, Washington-based MultiCare would invest an undisclosed amount in Samaritan’s facilities.

Oct 23, 2025
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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, 2025
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Vaping appears to be on the rise. | KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB

Oregon Bill Would Ban Online Vaping Sales

The House advances a bill that requires face-to-face purchases of vaping products to prevent illicit sales to minors.

Apr 13, 2021
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One Big Beautiful Bill Act complicates state health care affordability efforts

The law is expected to increase the number of uninsured Americans by an estimated 10 million people, which could prompt hospitals and other providers to raise prices to cover both the lost Medicaid revenue and the cost of caring for the influx of uninsured patients

Dec 30, 2025

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When hospitals buy physician practices, prices go up

The rapid acquisition by hospitals is reshaping an industry once dominated by small, physician-owned practices. Today, less than half of U.S. physicians still work in a physician-owned private practice.

Aug 5, 2025

Many counterfeit pills containing fentanyl are indistinguishable from oxycodone. | U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

Oregon Education Department seeks funding for fentanyl, opioid prevention

The agency says the money would allow it to better oversee a new law approved in 2023, but prevention experts say the department should rethink its approach

Feb 15, 2024
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Contentious bill backed by behavioral health providers gets another hearing

A revised version of the bill affecting medical and behavioral care for foster kids and others in the custody of the state has won another hearing after facing major criticisms earlier in the session

May 8, 2025

An employee of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services helps a consumer pick a health care plan on the federal online health insurance marketplace. | DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES

Amid historic health enrollment gains nationally, Oregon holds steady

State officials say Oregon’s relatively flat enrollment with its subsidized insurance marketplace website reflects success with other health care initiatives

Jan 25, 2024
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Hospitals Not ‘Out Of The Woods,” Supplies Of Protective Gear Down

“Some providers have to reuse masks for up to a week at a time, and we have even heard of physicians sterilizing their N95s in a crock pot,” Dr. Chris Strear, president-elect of the Oregon Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians told lawmakers. “These standards are not safe.”

May 22, 2020
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