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OHSU, postdocs avert strike with 11th-hour deal

The union representing the postdocs will drop an unfair labor practices complaint as part of a bargain that promises better wages and benefits

Aug 15, 2024
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New pharmacy union organizes in greater Portland

Pharmacy workers at a Vancouver Walgreens have become the seventh group to file with The Pharmacy Guild, a union formed to address increased pressures on pharmacy workers

Aug 15, 2024
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Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, praised negotiations between the Biden administration and drug companies that will result in lower prices for people on Medicare. | PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP/JONATHAN HOUSE (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Oregon Sen. Wyden praises big savings from Medicare negotiations with drug companies

The federal government has announced new, lower drug prices for 10 prescription drugs in Medicare, the subject of first-ever negotiations between the federal government and the drug companies that manufacture them

Aug 15, 2024
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Southern Oregon social service company founders charged with fraud

Jolene Sesso and Raymond Parenteau, co-founders of Rever Grand, a social services company that has disrupted the market, say they’re not guilty

Aug 13, 2024
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‘I feel dismissed’: people experiencing colorism say health system fails them

Research shows that people who report experiencing daily discrimination can be at higher risk for depression, loneliness, increased alcohol and drug use

Aug 13, 2024

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

State reverses decision, OK’s money for Clackamas County’s drug program

The controversy surrounding Clackamas County’s program centered around what the state Legislature meant by deflection when it rolled back key parts of Oregon’s drug decriminalization law earlier this year.

Aug 13, 2024

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States want to lower drug prices. A federal law stands in their way.

The U.S. Supreme Court might rule on Oklahoma’s effort to crack down on pharmacy benefit managers.

Aug 13, 2024

A view of the Oregon State Hospital spire from the courtyard on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS

Oregon State Hospital nurses raise safety fears as they work mandatory overtime

The union that represents registered nurses at Oregon State Hospital has filed more than 200 grievances in the past month

Aug 13, 2024

Diane Lund-Muzikant at her home in February 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Our founder's message: Why I’m stepping back from the board of The Lund Report, and what’s next

Diane Lund-Muzikant, founder of The Lund Report, shares what drove her storied career in health care journalism: an overriding focus on transparency as an antidote to inequities and industry wrongdoing

Aug 13, 2024