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Kevin Heinrich a licensed practical nurse at a workstation at Mirabella Portland’s skilled nursing facility. Nurses and other health care workers have become increasingly hard to find after the pandemic.
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Kaiser Permanente workers represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 49 hold a picket outside Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro on July 24, 2023 to pressure the managed care consortium on contract negotiations.
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Calli Ross tends to her disabled 8-year-old son, Tensy, after watching the Oregon Senate in the Capitol on Friday, June 23, 2023. Having a disability can qualify children for Medicaid.
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The state plans to acquire Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital under a nearly $30 million purchase agreement.
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Jordan Morelli, a supervisor at the David Romprey Oregon Warmline, pauses in between calls. Morelli has worked at the warmline for about nine years, taking calls from people who need help talking through mental health struggles.
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Emily Gebel was diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2022. She opted to have surgery and start chemotherapy in Seattle. When the travel became too draining, Gebel moved her treatment to the public hospital in Juneau and discovered it was priced much higher.
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Sheldon Haleck (front) with his mother, Verdell, father, William, and brother, Anthony. The former Hawaii Air National Guardsman was 38 when he died after an encounter with police in 2015. His parents filed a civil lawsuit against the officers after his death, which they ultimately lost in large part due to an argument that he died of “excited delirium.”
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Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber, D-Beaverton, and Minority Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, work together in the Senate Committee on Rules on Thursday, June 15, 2023. They will both be on the new Joint Interim Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response.
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