WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today wrote health care providers serving Malheur County to ask how they'll ensure nearly 800 residents keep access to the mental health services they need in the wake of new coordinated care organization (CCO) coverage changes brought on by the devastating cuts by Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to Medicaid.
"We understand your organization faces unprecedented financial strain as Oregon braces for nearly $4 billion in Medicaid cuts to rural communities alone signed into law by Donald Trump as part of Republicans' Big Ugly Bill," the lawmakers wrote to Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. CEO Ann Ford and Eastern...