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Reaching a doctor can be difficult in rural Klamath County. A new mobile clinic is bringing care closer to home.

If no compromise is reached, hundreds of thousands of government employees would be furloughed, while many would be required to keep working without pay

The health care sector is the country's primary employment engine, but its dynamism is threatened by current policies

Nearly 35,000 Oregonians who buy insurance through the state’s Affordable Care Act market will lose all financial help if enhanced tax credits aren’t extended

Drugmakers say the state has no business adding new conditions to a federal program that they are pushing to scale back, but advocates say the industry’s push will hurt access to important medications

A researcher of neurological diseases says a union campaign accusing her of misconduct is false and hurting her career; the union representing postdoc researchers has claimed she's in the wrong

Adventist Health, which promised to maintain services if the state approved its takeover of a community hospital in The Dalles, has asked for permission to cut beds there by nearly half to secure higher Medicare rates through a federal rural hospital program

Reductions in the state's low-income health care program are forcing Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties to contemplate eliminating the bulk of their staffing for programs intended to help the severely mentally ill. The cuts are not related to federal cuts expected to take effect in later years.

Despite vows to 'kill the clipboard,' many obstacles still inhibit seamless sharing of medical data among stakeholders

Some analysts worry that the trend of primary care physicians charging membership fees to patients contributes to health care inequities. Supporters in Oregon argue that these retainer or ‘direct care’ practices prevent burnout and help ease the state’s primary care crisis.