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Treatment to protect infants from RSV faces obstacles in Oregon

Cost and government rules are slowing down the urgent effort to get the RSV shot to newborns

Oct 3, 2023

Legacy Health Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland, Ore., on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Possible merger, safety drive unionization effort at Legacy Health

The Oregon Nurses Association pointed to patient care and safety, as well as the decision to close the Gresham birthing center

Oct 3, 2023

SEIU Local 49 President Meg Niemi speaks during an event Thursday Sept. 14, 2023 in Southeast Portland with over 100 union members and supporters. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Local Kaiser workers to launch 3-day strike as part of national work stoppage

Kaiser Permanente hopes to prevent what would be the largest health care worker strike in U.S. history.

Oct 2, 2023
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St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH

15,000 seniors can keep plans after St. Charles, PacificSource reach deal

Announced shortly before open enrollment begins, the deal affects PacificSource members, but the Central Oregon hospital system has not yet reached Medicare Advantage agreements with Humana, HealthNet and WellCare

Sep 29, 2023

Dave Baden, interim director of the Oregon Health Authority, speaks to the House Interim Committee On Behavioral Health and Health Care on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, about the financial strength of the state’s Medicaid insurers. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Insurers’ high pandemic profits from Oregon Health Plan spark legislative hearing

Citing reporting by The Lund Report, lawmakers highlighted more than $400 million in profits, which insurers defended as needed reserves and money for future community investments

Sep 28, 2023

Lynn Knox served as co-chair of The Lund Report's board. | COURTESY HOWARD KLINK

In Memoriam: A tribute to Lynn Knox, a Lund Report board member

A community organizer and social activist, Knox was a warrior for equity, better health care and access for all

Sep 28, 2023

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Officials agree: Use opioid settlement funds to curb youth addiction. But the ‘how’ gets hairy.

Some is going to school-based prevention programs to reduce the possibility of addiction before it begins, but the question of how to do that is fraught and will involve testing the comfort levels of many parents and local officials

Sep 28, 2023

SHUTTERSTOCK

Who polices hospitals merging across markets? States give different answers

Cross-market mergers raise consumer prices by 10-17%, researchers say, but federal regulators haven't been reviewing them

Sep 28, 2023

Jonathan Mroz in Old Town on April 5, 2023, standing on the patch of sidewalk where he was living in tent before he entered a withdrawal management facility two years ago. Today he works just blocks away as a communications specialist for Central City Concern. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Opinion: How to address homelessness in Portland

Jonathan Mroz, who knows what it's like to experience homelessness in Portland, shares his perspective on what it will take to get people the help they need

Sep 28, 2023

SHUTTERSTOCK

Philips kept complaints about dangerous breathing machines secret while company profits soared

The devices included the popular DreamStation for sleep apnea. ProPublica's investigation included interviews with Oregon physicians Dr. Radhika Breaden and Dr. Robert Lowe, whose patients used the devices before the massive recall.

Sep 28, 2023

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