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Trump’s war on measurement means losing data on drug Use, maternal mortality, climate change and Morm

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a lack of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.

Apr 22

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Fox Tucson Theatre in Tucson, Arizona in 2024. | COURTESY/GAGE SKIDMORE VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

RFK Jr. says he wants to curb measles. His former nonprofit keeps undermining his message.

The Children’s Health Defense has inserted itself into the outbreak with a media operation that repeatedly disputes the MMR vaccine.

Apr 22

Public handwashing station in Eugene.

Lane County warns of rise in Shigella bacterial infections

Homeless community, people with compromised immune systems, at heightened risk

Apr 22

The Oregon Institute of Technology campus in Klamath Falls.

Proposed med school in Klamath Falls could help treat rural doctor shortage

Klamath Falls may someday become home to Oregon's second public medical school.

Apr 22

A nameplate outside of Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland on July 28, 2023. | CADEN PERRY/OPB

Advisory group recommends the state block OHSU’s plan to acquire Legacy Health

The community review board said the deal would reduce competition and could increase costs for Oregonians

Apr 17

An artist's rendering of the new rehabiliation hospital slated for Vancouver, Washington. It will be operated by the nonprofit PeaceHealth and LifePoint, a firm owned by private equity. | PEACEHEALTH

PeaceHealth, Lifepoint announce new rehab hospital in Vancouver

Partnership between Catholic health system and a private equity owned firm has led to another project, following on an earlier one in Springfield, Oregon

Apr 17

Rachel Solotaroff at Portland's Old Town Clinic. | COURTESY CENTRAL CITY CONCERN

Trump turmoil leads to delay of Oregon's biggest procurement process

Officials in Oregon will pause the contracting process for the care of more than 1 million low-income Oregonians, citing uncertainty in the federal Medicaid program

Apr 17
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Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen, paid pharmacies more and saved $140 million, report says

The findings from an actuarial firm cast doubt on claims by pharmacy benefit managers that they use their clout to wrest savings from drugmakers and pharmacies that they pass on to insurers

Apr 17

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In rural Massachusetts, patients and physicians weigh trade-offs of concierge medicine

A stressed primary care system has led many doctors to start practices that charge membership fees in exchange for shorter waits and longer appointments. Observers say the doctor shortage needs a more systemic fix.

Apr 17

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“Slow pay, low pay or no pay”

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

Apr 17

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