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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.
February 29, 2024
 
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The Oregon Capitol in Salem, Ore. on March 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

A bill headed for Gov.