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Jackline Conteh, one of many African-born caregivers at the Goodwin House Alexandria nursing home, cares for the Rev. Donald Goodness. | ALYSSA SCHUKAR FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS

Dual threats from Trump and GOP imperil nursing homes and their foreign-born workers

Anticipated Medicaid cuts, plus rules allowing ICE into nursing homes, could create a workforce crisis for already understaffed nursing facilities

Jun 26

U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. | LOUIS VELAZQUEZ/UNSPLASH

Federal Proposals Threaten Provider Taxes, Key Source of Medicaid Funding for States

The hospital and provider tax relied on by Oregon and other states has become a political football as Congress mulls cutting health care to fund tax breaks

Jun 24

Patients who contract measles, a highly contagious disease, develop a skin rash. | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Adult sickened with measles in Portland area after travel abroad

Officials say the case is not related to hundreds of others who’ve been sickened by measles this year, most of them unvaccinated.

Jun 24

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Revolt by Oregon counties delays state behavioral health changes

State health officials want counties to focus mental health spending on criminal defendants, but counties say vulnerable people would lose access and suffer as a result

Jun 24
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Aerial view of Florence, Oregon. | JACOB BOOMSMA/SUTTERSTOCK

Lane County considers opening opioid addiction clinic in Florence

There are no methadone clinics on the Oregon coast for 200 miles between Seaside and Coos Bay. The distance has led some people to stop taking the treatment entirely.

Jun 24

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New report ranks Oregon’s health care system better than most

But changes coming out of Washington, D.C., could hurt access and affordability — and block researchers’ ability to measure those effects, expert says

Jun 24
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Oregon Senate OKs bill to strengthen care facility investigations, oversight

The legislation was spurred by multiple stories from patients and families with experiences of neglect in Oregon’s long-term and memory care facilities

Jun 24

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5 takeaways from health insurers’ new pledge to improve prior authorization

It's a process that forces some people to delay care or abandon treatment, but while some insurers are promising changes, critics say many people may not notice a difference

Jun 24

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, May 20, 2025. | WEBCAST SCREENSHOT

How doctors are preparing for RFK Jr.’s shifts on vaccine policy

Kennedy gutted a key vaccine advisory panel. Now, physicians are figuring out how they can continue to share evidence-based guidance to keep patients healthy.

Jun 24

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Major behavioral health bills pending as Legislature winds down

While at least one major bill combining several pieces of legislation appears to have momentum, another backed by top lawmakers and behavioral health providers will be killed by leadership

Jun 19
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