Health Care

Portland Commissioner Steve Novick wants to bring both sides together to focus on better health

Hospitals would have to do charity care, disclose prices and quality, charge fair rates, cap CEO pay

Labor-affiliated health trusts are locked out of Obamacare’s benefits, and forced to pay its costs

Proponents of single payer health care plan an Oregon ballot measure for 2016.

What some unions are doing about out-of-control health care costs

But Wyden favors "premium support" for those wanting private insurance instead of Medicare.

For Norman “Boogie Cat” Sylvester, universal health care is personal.

Union health and welfare trusts press to take part in exchanges

Polls show the public doesn't know much about the health care reform law two years after passage.

Seven labor unions joined 21 community organizations to form a new coalition.

Unionized firms are more likely to provide health benefits.

Defying the Chamber, a widely popular ordinance will require businesses to offer paid sick leave.

Union bargainers agree — for the first time — to give up fully-paid health coverage.

The Oregon Single Payer Conference drew attendees from around the state.

Supporters will strategize Jan. 29 how to support a single payer bill in Oregon.

Children stay on parents’ plans until 26; and plans can't have lifetime dollar limits.