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Beyer Tells Springfield Hospital to Meet Employee Demands after Strike

A pair of Springfield legislators have attempted to intervene in the labor dispute at McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, which resulted in more than 300 employees walking out in a three-day strike last week.

Nov 4, 2014

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

Financials Work For Low-Income ‘Bridge’ Health Plan, State Panel Says

The new plan is meant to maintain coverage gains from the pandemic, but its low reimbursement rates may be a problem.

Dec 1, 2022
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Mehmet Oz at his confirmation hearing March 14, 2025

Mehmet Oz appears before the Senate Finance Committee on March 14, 2025 for his nomination hearing to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. | ERIC HARKLEROAD/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Complaints about gaps in Medicare Advantage networks are common. Federal enforcement is rare.

'Special enrollment periods' are opaque, and the record suggests CMMS isn't closely watching adequacy of networks

Nov 20, 2025

Portland, Oregon. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Shortages of funds but not of issues marked Oregon health care in 2024

With health care undergoing rapid transformation, officials and lawmakers have struggled to keep up as ripple effects hit patients, providers and members of the public

Dec 31, 2024
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