
Amelia Templeton
Reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting
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2 weeks ago |
ijpr.org | Amelia Templeton
A federal judge has found Oregon’s state health agency in contempt of a court order that requires severely mentally ill detainees be swiftly admitted to the state psychiatric hospital. Starting Saturday, U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson will begin calculating a fine of $500 per person, per day for each individual ordered into the care of the Oregon State Hospital left waiting in local jail for more than a week.
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3 weeks ago |
heraldandnews.com | Amelia Templeton
If Republicans in the U.S. Senate pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Oregonians currently enrolled in Medicaid are more likely than people in nearly any other state to lose coverage and end up uninsured, according to analyses from several national think tanks. The budget reconciliation bill reduces federal spending using a number of policies that will cut enrollment in Medicaid, including a work requirement for some and more frequent eligibility checks for all.
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3 weeks ago |
ijpr.org | Amelia Templeton
If Republicans in the U.S. Senate pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Oregonians currently enrolled in Medicaid are more likely than people in nearly any other state to lose coverage and end up uninsured, according to analyses from several national think tanks. The budget reconciliation bill reduces federal spending using a number of policies that will cut enrollment in Medicaid, including a work requirement for some and more frequent eligibility checks for all.
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1 month ago |
ijpr.org | Amelia Templeton
A budget reconciliation bill under consideration by the U.S. Congress this week would require some 670,000 adult Oregonians to prove they are working or volunteering 80 hours a month in order to keep their health coverage. The requirement would apply to nearly half of the 1.4 million Oregonians enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of Medicaid.
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1 month ago |
opb.org | Amelia Templeton
A budget reconciliation bill under consideration by the U.S. Congress this week would require 670,000 adult Oregonians to prove they are working or volunteering 80 hours a month in order to keep their health coverage. The requirement would apply to nearly half of the 1.4 million Oregonians enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of Medicaid.
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This @NigelJaquiss piece on whistleblowers who exposed Neil Goldschmidt gets at an uncomfortable truth. Adults tend to protect other adults. In theory everyone is against child abuse, but in practice, standing up for children can be a lonely experience. https://t.co/3pNfvA55qs

Only Alaska has fewer retail pharmacies per capital than Oregon. Shout to to AP for the smart analysis and @antonio__sierra who has covered this issue in Eastern Oregon for the past year. https://t.co/7ewFECNKle

Only Alaska has fewer retail pharmacies per capital than Oregon. Shout to to AP for the smart analysis and @antonio__sierra, who's been covering this on the ground in Eastern Oregon for the past year. ://www.opb.org/article/2024/06/05/oregon-pharmacy-closures-limited-access/