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Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Aug. 2, 2023. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Strike at Providence hospitals will further strain Oregon's health care system

Hospitals say they'll transfer patients and make the best of the situation in a statewide system that has kept costs down by maintaining fewer beds than in most states

Jan 9
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Washington pharmacists prescribe abortion pills through new pilot program

A recent study of 6,000 patients found nearly all of them experienced no serious complications from telehealth abortions, but a conversative group opposing them has gathered several examples of abortion pills given to pregnant women without their consent

Jan 9

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OHSU study finds peers help cure patients with potentially deadly hepatitis C

Researchers say enlisting support workers from similar backgrounds helps more people receive a cure that, while costly, saves money in the long run

Jan 9

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Salem Health Salem Hospital. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Salem Health, Regence point fingers as 30,000 lose access

The two sides appear far apart as Salem Health seeks a major increase to cover recent inflation and Regence offers far less

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When Emily Dwyer was 15 and in need of treatment for anorexia, her parents had to refinance the mortgage on their home to pay for it after United Healthcare denied coverage. | COURTESY IF ILANA PANICH-LINSMAN

Insurers continue to rely on doctors whose judgments have been criticized by courts

In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposing their conclusions.

Jan 9

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As pharmacies keep closing, Oregon lawmakers will try again to change how they’re paid

Bill seeks stronger curbs on the pharmaceutical benefit companies accused of strong-arm business practices

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After facing public opposition, Union Health in Terre Haute, Indiana, pulled back its request to take over Terre Haute Regional Hospital under the state’s 2021 Certificate of Public Advantage law, which shields hospital mergers from antitrust enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission. Now a state lawmaker has proposed revoking the law that made such a merger possible. | SAMANTHA LISS/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Indiana state senator moves to scrap hospital monopoly law he helped create

A Republican lawmaker in Indiana is pushing to repeal a hospital merger law he authored in light of concerns and opposition from the Federal Trade Commission; critics said state laws that promote such mergers hurt consumers and workers

Jan 9

Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea Worm when no one else would — and triumphed

Jan 9

A view of OHSU's South Waterfront campus in September 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU's takeover of Legacy Health would violate federal market standards, advocates say

Nationally known voices contend the proposed hospital merger would far exceed market consolidation limits set by the federal government that are intended to preserve competition and keep costs down. The university argues that it is exempt from those federal limits, adding that the deal's benefits to the public outweigh any downsides.

Jan 7
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