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Ryan Patraw process ballots at the Marion County Clerk’s Office in Salem on Monday, May 16. Each ballot goes through several steps before it is scanned to have the vote tabulated. | RON COOPER/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Wyden, Merkley press Medicaid administrator on Oregon automatic voter registration expansion

A new state law will automatically add Medicaid recipients to state voter rolls, but only if the federal government allows the Oregon Health Authority to share data

Aug 22, 2023

The outside of the St. Charles Health System campus in Bend on July 26, 2022. | JONI AUDEN LAND/OPB

Oregon patients will soon be able to receive their amputated body parts for cultural, spiritual reasons

For some members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, keeping a person’s body together is necessary for a smooth transition to the spirit world

Aug 22, 2023

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A peek at big pharma’s playbook that leaves many Americans unable to afford their drugs

Patents to extend monopolies, manufacturers agreements to use expensive branded drugs in combination pills and other tactics are costing U.S. consumers

Aug 22, 2023

Rick Tarleton (right), who leads a team of researchers at the University of Georgia that has developed a promising new drug for the treatment of Chagas disease, with researcher Angel Padilla. | PAULA ANDALO/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Doctors advocate fresh efforts to combat Chagas disease, a silent killer

Chagas, which is caused by a parasite and can develop for decades before causing symptoms, is increasingly present in the U.S., where it often goes unrecognized

Aug 22, 2023

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Why doctors spend millions on fees that could be spent on providing care

Fees that insurers charge doctors for digital payments likely add up to billions of dollars that could be spent on care but instead are going to insurers and middlemen

Aug 22, 2023

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In proposed OHSU-Legacy deal, each side attracted by other’s strengths

Joining financial clout with feeder hospitals and clinics, the business thinking behind merging is clear — even if the effect on patients and the public is not

Aug 22, 2023
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Oregon should improve oversight of insurers’ prescription drug program managers, auditors say

Other states better protect patients and pharmacies from the practices of pharmacy benefit managers, known as PBMs, auditors found

Aug 21, 2023

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Dana Hittle, the top manager overseeing the Oregon Health Plan, has given notice

Oregon's Medicaid director oversees care for more than 1 million low-income Oregonians. It's considered among the most challenging and important posts at the Oregon Health Authority.

Aug 18, 2023
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A room inside the Recovery Works NW's new withdrawal management facility on Southeast Foster Road in Portland, Ore. Most rooms are limited to two beds. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

First Measure 110-funded detox opens, will focus on fentanyl and alcohol

Recovery Works Northwest has opened a medical withdrawal management facility in Portland that has 16 beds and will serve Multnomah and Clackamas counties

Aug 18, 2023
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