From The Oregonian, June 14, 2011 Some 20 states restrict mental health drugs paid for by Medicaid. Not Oregon. And that’s not going to change in this session’s Legislature, even in a time of budget cuts and cost-containment. The sweeping health care reform bill, House Bill 3650, proposed curbs on psychiatric drugs paid for by […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 25, 2011 Oregon State Hospital has been in the crosshairs of federal civil-rights investigators since mid-2006, and there appears to be no end in sight to the long-running inquiry. In fact, federal lawyers at the forefront of the investigation made two recent trips to Salem to gather more information […]
Opinion editorial from the Salem Statesman Journal, December 26, 2010 Governor-elect John Kitzhaber must tackle the issue head-on There is much on John Kitzhaber‘s to-do list as he prepares to return to the governor’s office. Yet, it’s evident that the governor-elect is well aware of the U.S. Department of Justice’s interest in the Oregon State […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, December 18, 2010 Current governor had refused to meet with federal lawyers, but Kitzhaber might agree to a first face-to-face in February Talks between state officials and the U.S. Justice Department are planned for early next year, opening a new, high-level line of communication in the expanding federal investigation of […]
From The Oregonian, October 24, 1999 A survey this year by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics found that more than 280,000 mentally ill inmates — 16 percent of the 1.75 million inmate population — live behind the bars of the nation’s correctional institutions. And almost 20 percent of those incarcerated for violent crimes suffer […]
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