November 2024 - Page 5

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek speaks at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland on Nov. 5. Kotek and other top Oregon Democrats have been relatively muted in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. By DIRK VANDERHART and LAUREN DAKE/Oregon Public Broadcasting Two days after the presidential election, Washington Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson and the state’s incoming

By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Across a sprawling system of nearly 60 acute-care hospitals, Oregonians take up beds they do not need while other patients board in emergency rooms for days on end with nowhere to go. Those patients don’t require a hospital anymore but are not well enough to simply walk out. They still need care, like a long-term

By LIZ CAREY/The Daily Yonder According to new research from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, rural residents are not significantly more likely to be worried about their medical bills than their urban counterparts, but they are more likely to have trouble paying them. About 40% of rural and urban residents worry about medical bills, the research found, but