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Patient’s defamation suit over doctors’ notes could have ripple effects

Health care programmer’s suit against Oregon Health & Science University could add to scrutiny of medical records

Oct 19, 2023
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Woman hold pro-choice signs in protest at nation's capital.

A reproductive rights protest in Washington D.C. on Oct. 2, 2021. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Abortion coverage is limited or unavailable at a quarter of large American workplaces

Abortion access varies more than ever after U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion

Oct 19, 2023

Empowered staff members Rachel Mack (left) and Rachel Williams (center) help a client pick out clothes for her child. | JAZMIN OROZCO RODRIGUEZ/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Feds try to head off growing problem of overdoses among expectant mothers

Significant barriers stand in the way of care even as national rates of fatal drug overdoses during and shortly after pregnancy continue to rise

Oct 19, 2023

Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Judge blasts Marion County’s use of Oregon State Hospital

Ruling suggests a federal jurist is tiring of local officials challenging his order placing time limits on stays in the Oregon State Hospital

Oct 19, 2023
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Oregon hospitals, state near crucial stage in lawsuit over health care mergers program

Case bears implications for abortion access, health care transparency

Oct 19, 2023
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State seeks Universal Health Plan Governance Board director

Applications are being accepted for the new position, which will play a key role in helping the board develop a potentially sweeping overhaul of the state’s health care system

Oct 17, 2023
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Verdell and William Haleck of Utah hold a photo of their son Sheldon, who died after an encounter with Honolulu police in 2015. They filed a civil lawsuit against the officers after his death, which they ultimately lost in large part due to an argument that he had died of “excited delirium.” | CHRIS HANSEN/9NEWS

Doctors abandon a diagnosis used to justify police custody deaths. It might live on, anyway.

Some hope disavowals of “excited delirium syndrome” will lead to better outcomes between first responders and people in mental health crises. But it remains unclear whether it will prevent defense lawyers from using similar victim-blaming concepts with alternative terminology.

Oct 17, 2023

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Oregon lawmakers prep to tackle drug addiction in 2024 session

The legislative committee will look at the addiction crisis from a wider perspective than Measure 110 alone

Oct 17, 2023

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Medicare enrollees can switch coverage now. Here’s what’s new and what to consider.

From Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, enrollees in either the traditional program or Medicare Advantage plans can change their coverage

Oct 17, 2023

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum talks with an official from Planned Parenthood before a news conference about the abortion pill on Sunday, March 12, 2023. | LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Ellen Rosenblum, other attorneys general urge Supreme Court to preserve abortion pill access

A coalition of 24 Democratic attorneys general filed a brief with the Supreme Court urging it to reverse a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling making it harder for patients to access mifepristone

Oct 17, 2023

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