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The list of Oregon hospitals also includes Samaritan Albany, Asante Ashland and Santiam.

Oregon’s hospitals are writing down far less unpaid revenue as “charity care,” as patients enroll in Medicaid-funded health plans and shift away from more traditional private insurance, according to a confidential report obtained by The Lund Report.

Gov. Kate Brown said she expects to call a second special session later this summer to deal with state budget cuts.

Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, is crusading this session against the high cost of medicine, first with a bill to rein in pharmaceutical costs and now with legislation that goes after another big cost-driver: hospitals, which charge health insurers considerably more in Oregon than in other states.