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Bonner General Health is a 25-bed critical access hospital, meaning it receives financial help from the federal government to maintain essential services, in Sandpoint, Idaho. More than a year ago, OB-GYNs left the hospital and Bonner General announced it was closing its labor and delivery unit.
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DAIRIES WITH MORE THAN 700 COWS, LIKE THIS ONE IN PENNSYLVANIA, ARE KNOWN AS CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS./LANCE CHEUNG/U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Hayden Rooke-Lee, from left, Rep. Ben Bowman of Tigard and Sen. Deb Patterson of Salem take part May 10 at a Salem City Club discussion about private equity takeovers of medical clinics and proposed legislation for the 2025 session.
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PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP/PETER WONG (USED WITH PERMISSION)
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Oregon Health Authority Sejal Hathi addressed agency employees in a video on her first day, Jan. 16, 2024
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SCREENSHOT FROM OHA VIDEO
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The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem.
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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
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Marvin Ruckle, who has worked for two decades as a neonatal intensive care unit nurse at an Ascension hospital in Kansas, said confusing paperwork nearly led him to administer the wrong dose of a narcotic to a baby after the health system suffered a cyberattack on May 8.
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES
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The Behavioral Health Resource Center at 333 SW Park Avenue in Portland on Nov. 16, 2022.
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