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Eugene Family Physician Installed As President of Oregon Medical Association

May 5, 2014

Oregon Family Physician Takes Top Honor

Mar 23, 2016

Samaritan protester birth center closure

Residents and health care professionals rally in Corvallis May 21 to protest the possible closure of two birth centers by Samaritan Health Services. | OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Nurses, U.S. lawmakers urge Samaritan not to close maternity services in Lebanon and Lincoln City

Samaritan Health Services is considering closing a birthing center in Lebanon and maternity ward in Lincoln City over rising costs and sagging revenue

May 21, 2025
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Clockwise, from left to right: Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran, moderator and Portland Axios reporter Emily Harris, Providence Health Chief Executive of Behavioral Health Robin Henderson, Portland Street Response Interim Program Manager Lielah Leighton, Jonathan Mroz of Central City Concern, Multnomah Circuit Judge Nan Waller discussed promising approaches to improve behavioral health care in Portland. | SCREENSHOT, OREGON HEALTH FORUM

Decisive action could help Portland's dysfunctional behavioral health system, experts say

An Oregon Health Forum panel agreed that action and urgency could significantly improve care for people experiencing mental health crisis and addiction in Oregon's largest city

Nov 16, 2023

Oregon’s Walden Leads Republicans to Obamacare Repeal

Moderate Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader tells The Lund Report that the Senate may take a bipartisan approach to fixing the shortcomings with the Affordable Care Act and could ignore Walden’s draconian bill, which the Congressional Budget Office earlier estimated would kick 24 million Americans off their health insurance.

May 5, 2017

Oregon Moves Towards Opening Telemedicine to People’s Homes

SB 144 requires health insurance companies to pay for medical and mental health visits provided by two-way video chat, regardless of setting. Supporters of the bill, including Providence and ZoomCare, were able to thwart a last-ditch effort by Regence and Health Net to delay the law; if passed, it takes effect in January.

Mar 5, 2015

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