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WA expands Medicaid coverage for people nearing release from jails and prisons

In two years, Washington will begin to offer limited Medicaid coverage to youth and adults in correctional facilities up to 90 days before they are released

Jul 27, 2023

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Opinion: Oregon deserves a visionary leader for its health authority

The job is one that has far-reaching implications for every Oregonian, and it will require an extraordinary person to be successful

Jul 27, 2023
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Oregonians gather outside the Multnomah County Justice Center to protest the June 2022 Supreme Court Decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, ending a nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion. | ALEX BAUMHARDT/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Maternal deaths are expected to rise under abortion bans, but the increase may be hard to measure

It’s clear that abortion bans can make pregnancy more dangerous, but experts say it may take years for maternal mortality data to reveal the toll

Jul 27, 2023

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New weight loss drugs carry high price tags and lots of questions for seniors

Some medications for diabetes reduce feelings of hunger and have been shown to help people lose weight, but how these medications will affect older adults in the long run isn’t well understood

Jul 27, 2023

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Justice department investigates nonprofit selected for $1.5 million state contract

The Oregon Department of Justice issued a wide-ranging demand to Black Mental Health Oregon for financial documentation

Jul 27, 2023
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COURTESY OF SAINT ALPHONSUS.

Community outcry, government help may delay closure of Baker City birth center to 2024

Saint Alphonsus is transferring nurses from Idaho to keep maternity services going through August, and delay of the closure could extend 6-12 months if federal agency comes through

Jul 26, 2023
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Legacy shooting prompts nurses union to decry unsafe conditions at Oregon hospitals

After a hospital security guard was killed over the weekend in Portland, the union urges more patient and visitor screening as well as staff training and support

Jul 25, 2023
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COURTESY OF SAINT ALPHONSUS.

Federal help sought to keep Baker City hospital birth center open

Part of Trinity Health, the nation’s 5th-largest hospital chain, Saint Alphonsus Medical Center has said it aims to close the unit July 31

Jul 25, 2023
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Hospitals ask Congress to delay ACA Medicaid funding cuts — for the 14th time

It is unlikely the reductions that leaders agreed to years ago will occur this year

Jul 25, 2023

The day after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sought to limit access to gender-affirming health care for transgender people of all ages this spring, Hal Dempsey launched a GoFundMe fundraiser for themself and their two partners to leave Springfield, Missouri. While Bailey withdrew his measure after the state legislature passed a more limited crackdown on care for minors, the three transgender partners moved at the end of May to Illinois, which requires state-regulated insurance plans to cover such care at no extra cost. | BRUCE E. STIDHAM/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Families flee states amid crackdown on transgender care

More than a quarter of trans adults surveyed late last year said they had moved to a different neighborhood, city or state to find more acceptance

Jul 25, 2023

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