Pamplin Media Group - Oregon lawmakers contemplate new rules for health care mergers
Oregon lawmakers contemplate new rules for health care mergers May 19 2021 A Lake Oswego lawmaker wants the country's most sweeping health care merger oversight. Hospitals say it goes too far. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would give Oregon the most sweeping state oversight of health care mergers in the country. But while supporters say House Bill 2362 would counter increased costs and curbs on care, opponents say it goes too far. The system contemplated by chief sponsor Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Lake Oswego, is drawing support from pro-abortion and death-with-dignity groups...