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This seizure on April 21, 2023 of 100,000 fentanyl pills, 3 kilograms of heroin and 1 kilogram of fentanyl in the La Grande area typifies street drugs in Oregon. | OREGON STATE POLICE

Few centers that treat teens for fentanyl addiction use proven medicine, OHSU researchers say

Medications for opioid use disorder disrupt the ability of drugs like heroin and fentanyl to attach to certain receptors in the brain

Jun 14, 2023
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The Capitol Building in Salem, Ore., on March 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Democrats consider watering down abortion, gun bills in order to get Senate Republicans to return

After nearly 10 hours of negotiations over the weekend, top lawmakers arrived at a tentative framework for rescuing the 2023 session. Both sides stress a deal hasn’t been made.

Jun 13, 2023

The closure of Legacy's Mount Hood birth center was marked with a vigil on March 17, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Legacy pushes back Gresham birth center reopening

The health system indicated it has made progress in securing staff for the birth center and has submitted its plans to regulators

Jun 13, 2023
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An employee of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services helps a consumer pick a health care plan on the federal online health insurance marketplace. | DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES

Comment period extended as concerns grow over new health plan's effects

Kaiser Permanente is urging the state to pause the Basic Health Program, which would extend Oregon Health Plan-style benefits to more than 90,000 people, to address premium hikes that would hit tens of thousands of other Oregonians

Jun 13, 2023
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Economists ask if Oregon’s hospital price cap, birth control expansion worked as planned

Research presented at a national conference puts a microscope to two Oregon laws, offering lessons to other states

Jun 13, 2023
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Biden admin implores states to slow Medicaid cuts

More than a million Americans have lost coverage so far, following the end of pandemic protections

Jun 13, 2023

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Opinion: It’s time for Oregon to regulate pharmaceutical middlemen, specialty drugs

Employers shouldn’t have to go bankrupt covering crucial, life-saving medications due to deceptive PBM practices

Jun 13, 2023
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Oregon governor tables liquor fee increase

The increase was intended to curb drinking and would have funded addiction treatment

Jun 13, 2023

From left, Robert Coberly, Tulalip, tribal crisis counselor; Heaven Arbuckle, tribal crisis counselor lead; and Arbuckle's husband, Brandon Hachett, holding their son Roman. The group had an information table for the Native and Strong Lifeline at a recent Missing and Murdered Indigenous People event in Tulalip, Washington. | COURTESY NATIVE AND STRONG LIFELINE