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Detained pregnant people are entitled to full medical care. They say it’s not happening.

Through interviews and a new report, a clearer picture of what is happening with prenatal care in immigration facilities is emerging as allegations are piling up.

Mar 19

The NET device sends electrical signals intended to replace drug cravings.

The NET device aims to reduce withdrawal symptoms by delivering low-level electrical pulses to the brain via gel electrodes placed near the ear. | NET RECOVERY

Maker of device to treat addiction withdrawal seeks counties’ opioid settlement cash

Some credit the device with stemming their addictions; others say its value is unproven, and its cost crowds out competing methods of treatment

Mar 19

Gov. Tina Kotek speaks to reporters during a media availability on the rooftop of The Independence Hotel in Independence, Oregon on April 14, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

State officials defend Oregon health care fraud enforcement efforts

In a response to Congress, Gov. Tina Kotek says the state is aggressively pursuing potential fraud in the Oregon Health Plan, the publicly funded health care program for lower-income people

Mar 18
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An AMR ambulance at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland, Ore., on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Multnomah County opens review of emergency response, ambulance contract

A consultant’s report recommends the county explore alternatives even as American Medical Response gears up to ask for higher rates

Mar 17
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Advocacy group wants to limit who’s admitted to the Oregon State Hospital and for how long

State health officials say they’ve made improvements in admitting criminal defendants deemed mentally ill, but a new law intended could complicate those efforts

Mar 17
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Medical assistant Elda Medina takes notes in the new mobile health center.

Elda Medina, advanced medical assistant at La Clinica, takes notes in the new mobile health center | JANE VAUGHAN | JEFFERSON PUBLIC RADIO

La Clinica opens new mobile health center on wheels, serving Jackson County

La Clinica’s last mobile clinic was destroyed by a fire in 2023, just three days after it opened. This one has a lab for giving vaccines and drawing blood, as well as behavioral health specialists.

Mar 17

Brianna Bennett was forced to have a C-section to deliver her daughter, Aubree.

Aubree looks at a photo of her mother, Brianna Bennett, holding her after a court-ordered C-section. | SARAHBETH MANEY FOR PROPUBLICA

They didn’t want to have C-sections. A judge would decide how they gave birth.

Women in labor were sometimes required to join a virtual conference with medical experts and a judge from their hospital rooms. “There aren’t any other instances where you would invade the body of one person in order to save the life of another."

Mar 17

Sheldon Ekirch, of Henrico, Virginia, was diagnosed in 2023 with small-fiber neuropathy, a condition that makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. For two years, she fought her insurance company for approval of a doctor-recommended treatment. “They made my life a living hell,” she says. | RYAN M. KELLY FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS

Families scramble to pay five-figure bills as clock ticks on promised preauthorization reforms

Insurers say they are open to improving the process, but advocates say the companies' actions don't match their rhetoric. “They fought me tooth and nail every step of the way."

Mar 17

Deep Sankar Dasgupta with daughter Deepanwita Dasgupta, when she was 3 years old. Deepanwita was later diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a rare but debilitating complication from a prior measles infection. | ANINDITA DASGUPTA