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Medical ethics in the courtroom. | ALEXEI NOVIKOV | DREAMSTIME

West Linn doctor’s sexual abuse trial canceled as last defendant settles

Providence Health, the last holdout defendant in the case settled just as the civil trial was about to begin Monday

Feb 3

Planned Parenthood clinic in Portland, Ore. | COURTESY PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Planned Parenthood ends suit against Trump administration over serving Medicaid patients

Federal law prevents reimbursement for Medicaid patients at Planned Parenthood facilities until early July

Feb 3

Providence Milwaukie Hospital. | PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES

Providence has no ‘active’ plans to sell in Oregon

The state’s largest hospital provider is considering repurposing or selling off hospitals across its seven-state footprint, but for now, there are no such plans underway in Oregon

Feb 3
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OHSU study finds Medicaid networks rife with ‘ghost’ providers

Many providers listed as part of the provider networks serving lower-income people in the federal program don't actually serve those people, contributing to care shortages and delays

Feb 2
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Indivisible organizer Tara Velarde writes, “ICE out of PDX health care!” during a demonstration at Dawson Park, across the street from Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, in protest of the hospital working with ICE to treat detainees they harm during arrests in Portland, Ore., on Jan. 10, 2026. | ELI IMADALI / OPB

Oregon nurses union, Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to limit immigration actions at hospitals

Health care providers in Oregon and across the country are reporting fewer immigrants showing up for medical appointments since the Trump administration undid a Biden-era ban on immigration arrests in hospitals, churches and schools.

Feb 2

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Kotek calls telehealth pressure campaign ‘misleading’

Montana-based Charlie Health, a for-profit firm, is trying to keep operating in Oregon at a time when mental health services are in turmoil, but critics say its services need more oversight. The company says it's ready to sue.

Jan 29
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The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Lawmakers introduce range of health care bills in a session that is clouded by a big budget hole

The proposals would change how coverage for low-income residents is managed, give some providers more authority, shore up Planned Parenthood and crack down on AI chatbots

Jan 29
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Fewer Oregonians get health insurance through Obamacare marketplace

The number of people purchasing plans using the federally mandated website has dropped 15%, while the number of people getting premium assistance has dropped even more as Congress continues its stalemate over restoring subsidies that expired in December

Jan 29
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Medicare Advantage insurers face new curbs on overcharges in Trump plan that reins in payments

Federal officials have proposed restricting plans from conducting what are called “chart reviews” of their customers, which can result in new medical diagnoses that increase government payments to Medicare Advantage plans

Jan 29

Federal police agents in Portland, Oct. 12, 2025

Department of Homeland Security police, along with other federal police, push and tackle protesters at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility south of downtown Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. | ALEX BAUMHARDT/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Fewer immigrants are seeking Oregon health care benefits under Trump

Data privacy concerns and increasing immigration enforcement are blamed for thousands of people to dropping coverage through Healthier Oregon

Jan 29

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