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Everyone Village, PeaceHealth, Eugene 4J School District, Positive Community Kitchen, Volunteers in Medicine and other organizations have all collaborated to fund, construct, staff and provide other support to a new respite and clinic program. | COURTESY OF EVERYONE VILLAGE

New Everyone Village respite cottages, clinic will provide a haven for unhoused after surgery

Having a safe place to recuperate will increase the likelihood that patients attend their follow-up appointments and could lead to better, overall health outcomes

Jun 17

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Trump administration seeks Medicaid data from Oregon amid immigration crackdown

In a move questioned for its ethics and legality, the administration is giving the state until July 30 to hand over personal data of a kind it has started sharing with immigration enforcers at the Department of Homeland Security

Jun 13

OHSU's next president will be ex-Biden official Shereef Elnahal

Elnahal was an official at the Department of Veterans Affairs and before that headed a hospital and a state health agency in New Jersey

Jun 13
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Controversial Oregon child welfare bill moves forward in Salem

The proposal aims to improve behavioral and medical care of the state’s most vulnerable youth, but opponents say it will subject Oregon kids to problematic care in other states

Jun 12
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Providence discloses job cuts, citing darkening picture for hospital systems

Oregon's largest hospital system will cut the equivalent of 600 people from its seven-state workforce of 125,000, including 134 in Oregon. Leaders faulted onerous requirements approved by the Oregon Legislature among other things.

Jun 12
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Here's the list of the Rite-Aid pharmacies in Oregon that will be closed

Company's latest bankruptcy includes plans to close 31 Oregon locations. The company didn't say how quickly the closures would occur.

Jun 12
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Republicans’ ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ will undermine Affordable Care Act in many ways

Delays in coverage, reduced tax credits, shortened enrollment periods are contained in the House version of the bill, which is under consideration in the Senate

Jun 12