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Feds find Asante violated labor law

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By Nick Budnick 
| The Lund Report
This article will be updated. A federal agency has directed Asante to stop refusing to negotiate with workers who’ve unionized at Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, saying the Southern Oregon health system had engaged in unfair labor practices. Three years ago more than 250 technical workers voted to organize and join the Oregon Nurses Association, only to have Asante management refuse to negotiate a contract or even provide requested information to the workers.
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PacificSource layoffs coming as insurer leaves Montana, individual market

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By Nick Budnick 
| The Lund Report
This article will be updated. PacificSource, the Oregon-based health insurer, is pulling out of Montana and leaving the individual market while cutting staff. The number of people who coudld be affected in this new round of layoffs is unclear, but this week the not-for-profit slashed four high-level executives, and dozens more pink slips could go out starting next week.
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As Providence leaves the insurance business, Oregonians will feel effects

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By Nick Budnick 
| The Lund Report
This article will be updated. The decision of Providence Health & Services executives to shut down its commercial insurance plan shows how larger health care trends are affecting real people. And the move will affect Oregonians more than it will people in the large health system’s home state of Washington. While the larger system is based in Renton, Wash Providence Health Plan is based in Portland and does the vast majority of its business in Oregon.
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