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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

Oregon’s ‘Bridge’ Health Plan Takes Shape

Proponents of the plan say it will improve health outcomes for people throughout the state, particularly those who cycle on and off the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan.
Oct 17, 2022
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A PATIENT WAITS FOR CARE IN THE HALLWAY OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT SALEM HEALTH IN SALEM, ORE., LAST JANUARY. OREGON'S THREE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON HOW TO HANDLE HOSPITAL STAFFING ISSUES./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

What Oregonians Should Know About The Governor Candidates And Health Care

A look at the three gubernatorial candidates on health care.
Oct 13, 2022
“If I could go back 30 years, I wouldn’t become a doctor,” says Dr. Andrew Bush, whose practice, Central Carolina Orthopaedic Associates, operates in Sanford, North Carolina. “Looking back at life, this was the wrong choice.”/Eamon Queeney for KHN

As Giant Hospitals Get Bigger, An Independent Doctor Feels The Pinch

Independent physicians in the United States are selling their practices to behemoth hospital systems or leaving the profession altogether.
Oct 13, 2022

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