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Parents caring for disabled children left waiting for pay, as bill fails in WA Legislature

Higher than expected cost estimates for providing the compensation came as a surprise and frustrated parents. “We need to be prioritized,” said one

Mar 5, 2024

Sara Barger, executive manager and policy liaison for 4D Recovery, visits with Mitch Wright, 31, in a recovery house in Gresham on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. Wright, one of the house’s residents, said the house’s structure helped him turn his life around after drug addiction. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Recovery houses in Oregon provide crucial transition in path toward drug-free life

Oregon lawmakers poised to allocate $18 million this session to help them grow

Mar 5, 2024

A view of the Oregon State Capitol on February 26, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon drug prices in the spotlight as legislative session nears end

With patients and providers suffering the effects of pricing battles between drugmakers and insurers, lawmakers appear poised to make new laws

Mar 5, 2024
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The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon’s drug decriminalization experiment appears dead

The voter-approved Measure 110 is nearing its end as the Legislature sends a bill unwinding Oregon’s drug decriminalization to Gov. Tina Kotek

Mar 4, 2024

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With medical debt burdening millions, a financial regulator steps in to help

In the past two years, the agency penalized debt collectors, issued stern warnings to providers and lenders, and published reports on how the health care system is undermining Americans' financial security

Mar 4, 2024

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Severe complications for pregnant veterans nearly doubled in the last decade, a GAO report finds

Citing an increase in problems, including 13 deaths, the report recommends conducting more routine screenings throughout pregnancy and in the postpartum period

Feb 29, 2024

Democratic state Rep. Jason Kropf of Bend and Democratic state Sen. Kate Lieber of Beaverton have orchestrated the meetings on their approach to Oregon's drug crisis. (Ben Botkin/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

In first vote, committee passes controversial bill that would unwind Measure 110

Police and prosecutors support House Bill 4002, but civil rights advocates warn that it would usher in Oregon’s return to the failed war on drugs

Feb 29, 2024

A client of IDEA Exchange Pinellas in St. Petersburg, Florida, gets his finger pricked as he is tested for HIV and hepatitis C by program director Amanda Bonham-Lovett. | DIRK SHADD/TAMPA BAY TIMES

Horse sedative use among humans spreads in deadly mixture of ‘Tranq’ and fentanyl

Xylazine, which is rapidly spreading in the nation's illicit drug supply, appears to complicate the response to opioid overdoses when they do happen and makes it harder to save people

Feb 29, 2024

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Hacking at UnitedHealth unit cripples a swath of the US health system: what to know

A cyberattack that surfaced a week ago is having major effects across the country, including pharmacy outages

Feb 29, 2024

The Oregon Capitol in Salem, Ore. on March 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Bill targets health care cost-control measure critics call discriminatory

Legislation passed both houses to ban ‘quality of life’ considerations in state health coverage for low-income people. Critics say doing so undermines efforts to limit drug prices.

Feb 29, 2024
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