@HillsboroMedCtr Leda, it has been a pleasure getting to know you and working with you over the years. Salud will miss you!
Enjoy retirement! You deserve it!
@Oregonian I am an RN with many years of quality/regulatory experience. I have looked at working as an inspector, but the paycut I would take is absurd! WA state pays better than OR.
@ORLeMaster1@Oregonian I can answer this a bit. Several reasons.
The state/feds r the largest payers via Medicare/caid
The state has enforcement powers given by legislature.
The rules are written by CMS
There would be lots of inspection variation if multiple teams provided oversight
@Oregonian I don't care what your opinion of is around transgender individuals competing, this is a huge overreach of executive powers. Sports already have their own associations to make rules and this is definitely one area that does not need government interference
@StrypePDX@Oregonian If you are that old, then you are also old enough to remember when there weren't so many people, there was more green space, so people and wildlife did not have to interact so much. Not saying some degree of preditor control isn't part of a solution just that it is just a part
@Oregonian How does this compare to the number of death in home? What % has homelessness increased? Singular stat in headline does not give the full picture
@BigBmofo69@Oregonian Maybe. It will also likely raise the cost of goods which will be passed on to the purchaser. We all know that the corporations are going to preserve their profits. At the least, it will be i teresting to see all the ramifications play out