health care

California’s new cap on health care cost increases is regarded as the most aggressive in the nation. It includes potential fines against companies that exceed the limit.

Taking advantage of new state funds, some California healthcare providers are starting to offer what their homeless patients really need: housing.

The change comes as a result of a 2021 class-action lawsuit that resulted in refunding $77,041 to 870 people currently in prison.

California now is one of nine states with regulations limiting health care cost increases (Oregon is another). Consumers won’t necessarily notice the changes, but supporters say they will make a difference over time.

The lawsuit is one of several class-action proceedings that have led the courts to assume oversight of the prison system’s treatment of those who are sick or suffer from mental illnesses.

A social services organization in McKinleyville, CA is offering money to low-income pregnant people, with no strings attached.

The Contraceptive Equity Act was originally signed into law in September 2022 but went into effect on Jan. 1.

In August 2023, PeaceHealth announced it would close most of its facility in downtown Eugene and transfer services to its Riverbend hospital in Springfield, effectively leaving the third largest city in Oregon without a hospital.

On Dec. 4, Northern California's Redding Rancheria Tribe will open a new mental health and dental clinic in Redding.

With the only emergency room in Eugene set to close Friday, the fire department is trying to strengthen its emergency response.

Patrick Hull began as the executive medical center director of the Roseburg VA health care system in April.

Black women are three times more likely than any other women to die during or immediately after pregnancy. California lawmakers passed a law in 2019 requiring hospitals to train labor and delivery staff on unconscious bias in medicine.