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‘OPB Politics Now’: How Oregon will handle major Medicaid cuts

By Dirk VanderHart (OPB) and Amelia Templeton (OPB)
July 9, 2026 10:04 p.m.

The state offered a glimpse of the various options it could pursue to address more than $420 million in healthcare cuts.

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It’s been clear for a year at this point that major changes are coming to Oregon’s state-sponsored health plan.

Ever since President Trump signed HR1, his massive tax cut and spending bill, the state’s top health officials have been trying to figure out how much federal funding for health care will be cut — and how to respond.

On the latest episode of “OPB Politics Now,” reporters Dirk VanderHart and Amelia Templeton break down the possibilities and the politics surrounding the conversation. Find the show anywhere you get your podcasts.

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