Nick Budnick
Editor and Reporter at The Lund Report
Edit, report @TheLundReport, the independent, nonprofit news site covering health care for Oregon/SW Wash | @AHCJ @SPJOregon #FOI | Tips→ [email protected]
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1 week ago |
thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick
With costs growing rapidly, Oregon’s health care players need to better collaborate on solutions with support from government to address systemwide challenges, experts said Tuesday. With medical costs in the commercial insurance market growing between 8-12% annually — well above inflation — it’s time to take the temperature of Oregon’s existing cost control programs and see if they’re working, said Jack Friedman, former Providence Health CEO.
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1 week ago |
opb.org | Nick Budnick
This story was originally published by The Lund Report, an independent nonprofit health news organization based in Oregon. It is republished with permission. You can reach Nick Budnick at [email protected] or @NickBudnick on X. Low-income people and their families in the greater Portland area are getting evicted or losing access to needed treatment instead of getting help from a new Oregon Health Authority program, advocates and others said Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago |
thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick
This article will be expanded. Low-income people and their families in the greater Portland area are getting evicted or losing access to needed treatment instead of getting help from a new Oregon Health Authority program, advocates and others said Wednesday. The new state housing assistance program is intended to help people be healthy by averting homelessness, among other things.
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2 weeks ago |
thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick
Independent health news for Oregon and SW Washington The former Oregon governor is working with Republican Cliff Bentz to advance ideas to limit harm from Medicaid cuts and instead promote savings in the costly program. He argues the time is now for Democrats to seize the high ground, but top members of the Oregon delegation say Republicans can't be trusted. This premium article is for members. If you are one, please sign in.
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2 weeks ago |
thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick
Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is pushing Republicans and Democrats in Congress to adopt Oregon-style health care reforms to limit the damaging effects of potentially huge Medicaid spending cuts. The only Republican member of Oregon’s delegation, U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, contacted Kitzhaber earlier this year to talk about how to address Republicans’ budget goals while limiting harms to the federal health care program serving low-income people.
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