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The Oregon State Capitol building in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Voters Will Decide On Making Health Care A Right

Senate Joint Resolution 12, which passed in the House on Wednesday after approval in the Senate, would enshrine guaranteed health care in the state constitution.

May 19, 2021

CASCADE LAKES HIGHWAY IN CENTRAL OREGON./SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregon’s Lagging Substance Use Disorder Plan May Get Boost

The House passed a bill to require state agency participation in the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission’s statewide plan and designate a board for spending opioid settlement dollars.

Mar 3, 2022
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Kevin Heinrich, a licensed practical nurse, at a workstation at Mirabella Portland’s skilled nursing facility on Feb. 13, 2023. Nurses and other health care workers have become increasingly hard to find after the pandemic. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Nurses in rural Oregon take home better pay, study finds

A new study by the Oregon Center for Nursing suggests hiring outside Portland area shouldn’t be so tough and that retaining nurses is about more than wages

Apr 9, 2024
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The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Improved Oregon revenue forecast could fund health care improvements

Behavioral health, coverage, workforce loom large on the laundry list of unmet requests facing state lawmakers. A legislative impasse could keep them from going anywhere despite the availability of new funds.

May 18, 2023
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