Amelia Templeton
Amelia Templeton is OPB’s health reporter. She’s reported for OPB since 2010. Her beats in the past have included Portland City Hall, housing and homelessness, and public lands.
Amelia’s reporting has taken listeners inside of some of the biggest news stories in Oregon. She's documented a day in the state's busiest emergency room at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, reported on life in homeless camps along Portland's Springwater Trail, and reported from the field during the Bundy family’s occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
She received the 2013 Sigma Delta Chi award for investigative radio for a story about public safety failures in Josephine County and an Edward R. Murrow Award for her work on the "Oregon Field Guide" documentary "Glacier Caves: Mount Hood’s Hidden World."
Amelia has been producing radio since 2004, when she contributed to a student radio podcast of stories from the war in Iraq. She has a degree in history from Swarthmore College. She serves on the board of trustees of Catlin Gabel School.
Latest Stories
Oregon’s largest Medicaid provider on how Trump’s megabill will affect health coverage in the state
An analysis of an earlier version of the bill found that Oregon would be disproportionately hit by Medicaid cuts, with more people likely to lose coverage and end up uninsured.
House passes Trump’s domestic policy bill. Here are 5 ways it will impact Oregon
Congressional Republicans have passed their sweeping domestic policy bill. In Oregon, the impacts of the legislation will be significant.
Kotek, Kitzhaber urge Oregon’s lone Republican Rep. to vote against Medicaid cuts
Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz voted for the version of the reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in May, but the version of the bill now awaiting a vote includes new cuts to Medicaid that were not in the House version of the bill.
US Sen. Jeff Merkley on Trump’s tax bill and what comes next
President Donald Trump’s budget bill has taken another step towards becoming law. Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed through the passage of the bill Tuesday.
OHSU’s new president Shereef Elnahal on building trust and potential funding cuts
With OHSU contingency planning for up to $200 million in research funding that could be vulnerable to cuts, the incoming president pledged to be transparent about the difficult choices that could be coming down the pike.
Oregon appeals federal contempt ruling over state hospital delays
Oregon’s state health agency is appealing a ruling that found the agency in contempt. The case concerns people who are accused of crimes but who are too mentally ill to stand trial, often due to psychosis.
‘OPB Politics Now’: What the ‘one big, beautiful bill’ would mean for Oregon’s health care system
The Trump administration's "one big, beautiful bill" is in the state Senate.
Citing privacy, Oregon State Hospital redacts reported failures that led to patient death
Anonymous staff at the hospital said they have been coached on what not to say to inspectors in the past.
Federal judge finds Oregon in contempt over mental health care delays for people in jail
A federal judge has found Oregon’s state health agency in contempt of a 2002 court order that requires severely mentally ill detainees be swiftly admitted to the state psychiatric hospital.
Medicaid cuts could affect Oregon more than most states, analysts say
If Republicans in the U.S. Senate pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Oregonians currently enrolled in Medicaid are more likely than people in nearly any other state to lose coverage and end up uninsured, according to analyses from several national think tanks.
