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A newly obtained federal report provides undisclosed details of how employees repeatedly observed — and even recorded on video — troubling behavior by a Medford nurse who cared for dozens of patients who'd been prescribed fentanyl. It took 18 months for hospital leaders to connect the situation to a surge in blood infections.

Citing accountability, state health officials are trying to rewrite behavioral health contracts with counties — but local officials say the changes will hurt patients and leave counties holding the bag for the state’s many failures.

The Trump administration threat to states like Oregon will either reduce funding for the state or increase the need for costly emergency care at hospitals. Those costs would be passed on to businesses and individuals in the state who buy commercial health insurance.

The Trump administration gave Oregon until the end of July to release the personal information of Medicaid recipients and has shared similar information from other states with deportation officials