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Man files $5M lawsuit against Oregon Youth Authority over alleged abuse by doctor
A man who was incarcerated at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in the early 2000s filed a $5 million lawsuit April 11 against the Oregon Youth Authority and several former directors and facility ...
Oregon trial lawyers voice opposition to OHSU-Legacy hospital merger deal
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Why a community advisory board thinks the state should block proposed OHSU-Legacy merger
The board, convened by state regulators to help it review the proposed merger, has no decision-making authority, but its ...
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Details emerge about Oregon State Hospital leader’s sudden departure
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek replaced the head of the Oregon State Hospital Friday night after she said state health officials ...
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Oregon Health Authority sees $117M in abrupt federal funding cuts
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Amid efforts by the Trump administration to slash federal spending, the Oregon Health Authority announced Friday that around $117 million has been abruptly cut from the ...
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Oregon’s health services impacted by nearly $120M in federal cuts to COVID-era grants
FILE - The Oregon Department of Human Services building, which houses the Oregon Health Authority offices, in Salem, Ore., on March 18, 2017. The Trump administration cut $117 million in Oregon ...
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Commission finds ‘serious threat’ to patient health, safety at Oregon State Hospital
On Wednesday, the Oregon Health Authority reported that the Joint ... s follow-up survey is slated for Thursday, Apr. 17. The organization will then determine whether or not the hospital has ...
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Oregon public health programs hit with $117 million in surprise federal cuts
This article has been updated with additional reporting. The Oregon Health Authority, nonprofits and county health officials are bracing for layoffs and cuts after the Trump administration abruptly ...
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Oregon county health officials say need is dire for stable public health funding post-pandemic
have no public health staff and rely solely on the Oregon Health Authority to meet their needs. With the fifth anniversary of the initial COVID-19 lockdown this week, perhaps nothing is a bigger ...
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State lawmakers to hold accountability hearings on Oregon Youth Authority issues; Republicans want immediate action
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Deschutes County legislators are calling for accountability hearings looking into the Oregon Youth Authority following internal investigations into thousands of abuse ...
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Medicaid Insures Millions of Americans. How the Health Program Works, in Charts.
To make their targeted budget numbers, Republicans will likely need to carve hundreds of billions of dollars in spending out of the health program that serves lower-income people. But Medicaid is ...
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Medford representative calls for federal investigation into Oregon Youth Authority after sex abuse allegations against employees
is pushing the U.S. Attorney General to initiate a federal investigation into the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA). This comes after allegations of systemic sexual abuse at the MacLaren Youth Correctional ...