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With criminal charges already filed against one doctor, others know prosecution or other legal action may be just around the corner

The Western State Forensic Hospital is intended to help reduce wait times for mental health evaluations and treatment

Metro funds expansion of work to connect people experiencing homelessness with the health care they need

The hospital systems cited an ‘evolving operating environment.’ Supporters said Oregon Health & Science University's purchase of Legacy would improve care, while critics said the deal would boost costs for consumers and businesses.

A new report from the Hospital Association of Oregon shows half of all hospitals in the state are in the red again, raising the stakes if the U.S. Congress makes cuts to federal benefit programs.

People and providers have spent months trying to tap a new program intended to support health by keeping people out of homelessness, and they say that in the Portland area it's turned into a bureacratic nightmare in which the promised help often does not arrive in time

House Republicans are poised to release a bill that will likely propose cutting hundreds of billions in federal funding for Medicaid, even though poll shows a majority of their constituents disapprove

At least seven states, including California, now do not have any Title X-funded family planning services, according to a lawsuit filed against the administration in federal court

Groups are joining with Legacy Health to ask lawmakers to beef up the training and accreditation program for interpreters to help people access care, other services

Concerns about abuse, neglect to loved ones in care have states clearing a path for more surveillance in facilities, but questions of privacy, liability and efficacy remain