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Oregon hospitals' new suit over poor mental health care could complicate legislative session

State lawmakers say behavioral health remains a major priority, and now hospitals' revived lawsuit could raise the stakes

Oct 3, 2024
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Some employers test arrangement to give workers allowance for coverage

Employers are showing interest in a type of health reimbursement account that gives workers a contribution to choose and buy their own plans, rather than participating in group plans.

Oct 3, 2024

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PeaceHealth to acquire four Providence clinics in Vancouver

As OHSU proposes to take over Legacy's Vancouver hospital, the Catholic health systems cite PeaceHealth’s stronger local foothold

Oct 3, 2024
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A hospital kept a brain-damaged patient on life support to boost statistics. His sister is now suing for malpractice.

The lawsuit follows a ProPublica investigation that revealed that the heart transplant team at Newark Beth Israel let pressure to maintain survival rates guide medical decisions.

Oct 3, 2024

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200+ women faced criminal charges over pregnancy in year after Dobbs, report finds

6 states accounted for the majority of cases documented by researchers.

Oct 3, 2024

Rep. Travis Nelson, a nurse, speaks at a conference held by CCO Oregon, on Wednesday in Salem as Rep. Lisa Reynolds, a physician, listens. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon lawmakers share plans for 2025 session

Key state legislators agree that there are a lot of needs, and figuring out what to focus on is the challenge up next as the long session looms

Oct 2, 2024
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A view of OHSU's South Waterfront campus in September 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Years of losses would follow OHSU’s absorption of Legacy Health

A deeper look at Oregon Health & Science University’s application to absorb Legacy Health shows it appears to gloss over issues at the public entity while playing up problems at the nonprofit system — while keeping details secret. Layoffs are not off the table.

Oct 1, 2024
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Years of work ahead for Oregon to address its lack of behavioral health beds

Oregon faces a shortage of thousands of beds for mental health and addiction treatment

Oct 1, 2024

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota at a bill signing in 2023. | COURTESY/OFFICE OF GOV. TIM WALZ & LT. GOV. PEGGY FLANAGAN

How Minnesota figures into the presidential politics of insulin prices

Minnesota led the way on insulin affordability, culminating in 2020 when Gov. Tim Walz signed a law going further to cut costs than other state laws. Now, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are vying for support from people with diabetes

Oct 1, 2024

Oregon was one of eight states and the District of Columbia, which saw fatal drug overdoses rise as the they fell in the rest of the country, according to federal data released in August 2024. | SCREENSHOT/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Overdoses killing more Oregonians as national figure drops

The western spread of fentanyl continues to fuel regional variations in the number of people dying from drug overdoses, and Measure 110's effects remain debated

Oct 1, 2024

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