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Oregon state senators prepare for a floor session on March 21. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Lawmakers set to approve bigger Oregon Health Authority budget

Revised plan includes nearly 300 hires despite Republican criticism and expected federal funding cuts

Jun 17
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‘Problematic’ report minimizes success of lifesaving asthma medicines, doctors say

The report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission has medical experts alarmed over its claim that kids are overprescribed asthma medications, saying it minimizes how many lives the drugs save

Jun 17

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‘MAGA’ backers like Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ — until they learn of health consequences

Party affiliation drove initial support for the federal budget bill, according to a KFF poll, but after being told that it would decrease funding for local hospitals and increase the number of people without health insurance, support among MAGA backers dropped significantly

Jun 17

Josefina Muralles of North Miami, Florida, has health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Muralles is one of millions of consumers whose income qualifies them for a subsidy that reduces monthly premiums. But next year, Muralles says, she may not be able to afford her premiums if enhanced subsidies expire as scheduled at the end of the year. | DANIEL CHANG/KFF HEALTH NEWS

The price you pay for an Obamacare plan could surge next year

Affordable Care Act insurance premiums would rise by more than 75% on average when pandemic-era subsidies expire at the end of the year, with bills for people in some states more than doubling

Jun 17

Everyone Village, PeaceHealth, Eugene 4J School District, Positive Community Kitchen, Volunteers in Medicine and other organizations have all collaborated to fund, construct, staff and provide other support to a new respite and clinic program. | COURTESY OF EVERYONE VILLAGE

New Everyone Village respite cottages, clinic will provide a haven for unhoused after surgery

Having a safe place to recuperate will increase the likelihood that patients attend their follow-up appointments and could lead to better, overall health outcomes

Jun 17

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Trump administration seeks Medicaid data from Oregon amid immigration crackdown

In a move questioned for its ethics and legality, the administration is giving the state until July 30 to hand over personal data of a kind it has started sharing with immigration enforcers at the Department of Homeland Security

Jun 13

OHSU's next president will be ex-Biden official Shereef Elnahal

Elnahal was an official at the Department of Veterans Affairs and before that headed a hospital and a state health agency in New Jersey

Jun 13
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Controversial Oregon child welfare bill moves forward in Salem

The proposal aims to improve behavioral and medical care of the state’s most vulnerable youth, but opponents say it will subject Oregon kids to problematic care in other states

Jun 12
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Providence Portland Medical Center. | M.O. STEVENS/CC BY 3.0/WIKIMEDIA

Providence discloses job cuts, citing darkening picture for hospital systems

Oregon's largest hospital system will cut the equivalent of 600 people from its seven-state workforce of 125,000, including 134 in Oregon. Leaders faulted onerous requirements approved by the Oregon Legislature among other things.

Jun 12
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Here's the list of the Rite-Aid pharmacies in Oregon that will be closed

Company's latest bankruptcy includes plans to close 31 Oregon locations. The company didn't say how quickly the closures would occur.

Jun 12
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