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Gov. Jay Inslee cuts the ribbon at a ceremony formally opening Olympic Heritage Health Hospital. Nov. 21, 2023. | GRACE DENG/WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD

Over 200 employees hired to staff Tukwila behavioral hospital bought by Washington

Under pressure to get people experiencing mental illness out of jails, the state spent $30 million to add 100 behavioral health beds

Nov 29, 2023

CASCADIA BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE

Cascadia Health security guard hospitalized after stabbing

The alleged assailant had previously received services at the health center without incident, according to a court filing

Nov 29, 2023
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CareOregon urges Kotek to speed up merger review

The Oregon Health Plan provider, which would send $120 million to a merged California nonprofit under the deal, wants the state to wrap up a process nearing the 12-month mark — even as opposition mounts

Nov 28, 2023
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Lawsuit seeks $2 million over allegedly illegal hospital debt collection practices

The suit against Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls comes despite recent protections in Oregon to ensure poor patients access charity care

Nov 28, 2023
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

New discrimination suit filed against PeaceHealth Riverbend

A nurse filed a lawsuit alleging age and disability discrimination, and claiming management suggested she was faking her injury

Nov 28, 2023
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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. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Many at Oregon's nursing homes haven't gotten the new COVID booster

The updated vaccines are targeted at XBB 1.5, an omicron subvariant whose close relatives have been detected in recent Oregon samples

Nov 28, 2023

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Insurance executives refused to pay for the cancer treatment that could have saved him. This is how they did it.

Michigan case shows how insurers can flout state laws intended to ensure coverage

Nov 28, 2023

pregnant woman surrounded by balloons holds sign announcing son's birth

Briana Jones had high blood pressure, leading to swollen ankles and dizziness, during the pregnancies with her two sons. During her more recent pregnancy, she qualified to be part of San Francisco’s Abundant Birth Project, whose $1,000-a-month stipend enabled her to move into an apartment and buy healthy foods. | BRITTANY STERLING

Backlash to affirmative action hits pioneering maternal health program for Black women

Lawsuits sparked by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year threaten efforts to fight health disparities as well as efforts to provide scholarships to minority medical school students and create a physician workforce that looks more like the nation

Nov 28, 2023

Elderly woman in wheelchair, with relatives

Jewell Thomas with her daughter, Angela Jemmott. Jemmott and her brothers pay $4,000 a month for home health aides who are not covered under Thomas’ long-term care insurance policy. | BRYAN MELTZ/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Why long-term care insurance falls short for so many

The few insurers still selling long-term policies keep raising premiums, forcing policyholders to pay more, pare benefits, or drop coverage altogether

Nov 28, 2023