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Federal Government Orders Asante To Recognize Healthcare Professionals’ Union And Begin Bargaining A Contract At Rogue Regional Hospital - 06/04/26

Healthcare techs and licensed professional nurses (LPNs) at Asante Rogue Regional have been waiting nearly 3 years for Asante executives to honor their union vote 

(MEDFORD, Ore.) - In a long-awaited ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordered Asante executives to recognize and bargain a contract with healthcare workers at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center on June 3. The order is the latest in a nearly 3-year-long legal battle as Asante repeatedly and illegally refused to recognize technical workers’ overwhelming vote to be in a union. The NLRB ruled Asante must now recognize the union and begin bargaining a fair contract. The decision also orders Asante executives to provide basic information to workers including employee lists, wage data and benefit information.

 

The more than 250 healthcare technical workers at Rogue Regional overwhelmingly voted to join the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) on June 9, 2023 citing a need for safe staffing, affordable healthcare, fair pay and benefits, and a voice in local healthcare decisions.   

 

Following the successful union vote, Asante executives spent years attempting to stall and subvert workers’ will with a series of failed legal challenges. Today’s announcement is the final decision from the National Labor Relations Board, the independent federal agency which oversees union elections, protects workers’ rights and decide unfair labor practices.

 

“This is a monumental victory for local patients, healthcare professionals and everyone in the Rogue Valley. Asante executives are cashing outrageous paychecks while cutting local care and ignoring the healthcare workers who make our hospital run,” said Fred Katz, RN, the ONA registered nurse (RN) bargaining unit chair at Asante Rogue Regional. “Techs and LPNs take tremendous pride in their work and our community. They chose to unionize more than 3 years ago so they could hold Asante executives and board members accountable to Southern Oregonians and ensure the hospital invests in local patient care, staffing and safety improvements. Today’s order is a critical step to keep Asante’s executives and board honest and ensure they live by the same laws as everyone else. Asante executives must stop stalling and sit down at the bargaining table with techs to protect patients, retain caregivers and put our community and its healthcare first.”

 

The NLRB found Asante committed multiple unfair labor practices by refusing to recognize and bargain with the union and by failing to provide basic information as required under federal law.   

 

Calling Asante’s behavior an “unlawful failure” the NLRB has ordered Asante to remedy its violations by: 

  • Ceasing and desisting its unlawful activities 
  • Beginning bargaining with the caregivers’ union upon request 
  • Providing workers and their union the majority of requested information 
  • Publicly posting a notice it has violated federal law 

Read the full decision on the NLRB's website.

 

The healthcare technical workers bargaining unit at Rogue Regional includes more than 250 radiologic technologists, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), respiratory therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapy assistants and surgical technicians. Technical workers are the unseen experts behind nearly every diagnosis and treatment. Techs take patients' X-rays, MRIs, and ultrasounds; help people recover through physical and occupational therapy; provide life-saving respiratory care; assist during surgeries; and support patients and families through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. While often behind the scenes, their work is essential to the health and safety of our community. 

 

ONA also represents a separate bargaining unit of more than 1,200 frontline registered nurses (RNs) at Rogue Regional. 

 

Asante is a multimillion-dollar healthcare system that is the largest healthcare provider in 9 counties across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Asante executives have been increasingly under fire for closing maternity and inpatient services at Ashland’s only hospital; racking up more than $1 million in state fines for violating Oregon’s safe staffing law; outsourcing local doctors and healthcare workers; and leading repeated mass layoffs affecting hundreds of caregivers and their families throughout Southern Oregon. Asante executives are also facing additional unfair labor practice charges (ULPs), including allegations that Asante unlawfully interfered with workers’ rights to organize, threatened workers about the consequences of voting for a union, disciplined an employee for speaking about patient safety with local journalists, and prevented union representatives from visiting the hospital. 

 

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Federal Government Orders Asante To Recognize Healthcare Professionals’ Union And Begin Bargaining A Contract At Rogue Regional Hospital - 06/04/26

Healthcare techs and licensed professional nurses (LPNs) at Asante Rogue Regional have been waiting nearly 3 years for Asante executives to honor their union vote 

(MEDFORD, Ore.) - In a long-awaited ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordered Asante executives to recognize and bargain a contract with healthcare workers at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center on June 3. The order is the latest in a nearly 3-year-long legal battle as Asante repeatedly and illegally refused to recognize technical workers’ overwhelming vote to be in a union. The NLRB ruled Asante must now recognize the union and begin bargaining a fair contract. The decision also orders Asante executives to provide basic information to workers including employee lists, wage data and benefit information.

 

The more than 250 healthcare technical workers at Rogue Regional overwhelmingly voted to join the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) on June 9, 2023 citing a need for safe staffing, affordable healthcare, fair pay and benefits, and a voice in local healthcare decisions.   

 

Following the successful union vote, Asante executives spent years attempting to stall and subvert workers’ will with a series of failed legal challenges. Today’s announcement is the final decision from the National Labor Relations Board, the independent federal agency which oversees union elections, protects workers’ rights and decide unfair labor practices.

 

“This is a monumental victory for local patients, healthcare professionals and everyone in the Rogue Valley. Asante executives are cashing outrageous paychecks while cutting local care and ignoring the healthcare workers who make our hospital run,” said Fred Katz, RN, the ONA registered nurse (RN) bargaining unit chair at Asante Rogue Regional. “Techs and LPNs take tremendous pride in their work and our community. They chose to unionize more than 3 years ago so they could hold Asante executives and board members accountable to Southern Oregonians and ensure the hospital invests in local patient care, staffing and safety improvements. Today’s order is a critical step to keep Asante’s executives and board honest and ensure they live by the same laws as everyone else. Asante executives must stop stalling and sit down at the bargaining table with techs to protect patients, retain caregivers and put our community and its healthcare first.”

 

The NLRB found Asante committed multiple unfair labor practices by refusing to recognize and bargain with the union and by failing to provide basic information as required under federal law.   

 

Calling Asante’s behavior an “unlawful failure” the NLRB has ordered Asante to remedy its violations by: 

  • Ceasing and desisting its unlawful activities 
  • Beginning bargaining with the caregivers’ union upon request 
  • Providing workers and their union the majority of requested information 
  • Publicly posting a notice it has violated federal law 

Read the full decision on the NLRB's website.

 

The healthcare technical workers bargaining unit at Rogue Regional includes more than 250 radiologic technologists, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), respiratory therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapy assistants and surgical technicians. Technical workers are the unseen experts behind nearly every diagnosis and treatment. Techs take patients' X-rays, MRIs, and ultrasounds; help people recover through physical and occupational therapy; provide life-saving respiratory care; assist during surgeries; and support patients and families through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. While often behind the scenes, their work is essential to the health and safety of our community. 

 

ONA also represents a separate bargaining unit of more than 1,200 frontline registered nurses (RNs) at Rogue Regional. 

 

Asante is a multimillion-dollar healthcare system that is the largest healthcare provider in 9 counties across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Asante executives have been increasingly under fire for closing maternity and inpatient services at Ashland’s only hospital; racking up more than $1 million in state fines for violating Oregon’s safe staffing law; outsourcing local doctors and healthcare workers; and leading repeated mass layoffs affecting hundreds of caregivers and their families throughout Southern Oregon. Asante executives are also facing additional unfair labor practice charges (ULPs), including allegations that Asante unlawfully interfered with workers’ rights to organize, threatened workers about the consequences of voting for a union, disciplined an employee for speaking about patient safety with local journalists, and prevented union representatives from visiting the hospital. 

 

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ONA, Home Health And Hospice Workers Ask OHA For Tighter Restrictions On Providence’s Joint Venture - 06/03/26

Quality patient care at risk according to home health and hospice clinicians 

 

Portland, Ore. - Following the Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) decision to allow Providence’s joint venture with Compassus to proceed, union-represented home health and hospice clinicians from the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) have asked OHA to revise and strengthen the conditions of the proposed order.  

 

ONA has sent multiple communications to OHA with their concerns. The documents sent include:
ONA members believe the conditions around the merger are inadequate, incomplete, and fail to live up to the Health Care Market Oversight (HCMO) program’s statutory mandates. 

 

The intent of the HCMO program is to protect Oregonians by ensuring that proposed health care business deals support the goals of health equity, lower costs, increased access, and better care. Yet some of the conditions on this venture are worded more loosely than similar previous conditions placed on other transactions by HCMO. 

 

“Without proper oversight, this joint venture risks undermining our ability to continue providing high-quality patient care. We cannot rely on Providence and Compassus to put patients and caregivers first. That’s why the HCMO process must impose strong conditions on this transaction to protect the public’s access to quality home health and hospice care across the state,” Kara Hayden, augmentative and alternative communication–speech-language pathologist at Providence Home Health and Hospice.

 

Unfortunately, the list of conditions in the proposed order for the joint venture lack repercussions or penalties if not followed. The conditions go out of their way to put profit over patient care. They cite “commercial reasonableness” as a rationale to shutter service areas and discontinue vital services. It sets the bar ridiculously low, saying that if the new joint venture has a financial loss for any stretch of 6 months, Providence and Compassus are released from all obligations to maintain services at current levels and in current geographies. One condition only mandates current staffing levels be maintained for the first six months following the closing date.

 

The proposed order allows the joint venture to increase caregivers’ patient loads and pressures caregivers to use AI technology for decision-making rather than experienced clinical judgment. 

 

“AI should not be making decisions about patient care—frontline caregivers should be, based on a holistic view of the patient,” said Hayden. “When companies push algorithms instead of clinical judgment, patient care suffers and caregivers’ licenses are on the line. Policies like these will only accelerate the exodus of experienced caregivers who entered this profession to care for patients, not to spend all their time justifying clinical judgement to override computer algorithms.”

 

ONA is requesting that OHA review and amend the conditions in the proposed order to address the issues raised by ONA members. Specifically,
• Extend the length of time that the Joint Venture is required to maintain the level and geographic reach of its services to five (5) years as it has done in other orders;
• Ensure that physicians and clinicians employed by the entity shall be responsible for all clinical decisions by making explicit that AI tools cannot be used in place of physician or clinician judgement;
• Require the joint venture to use an EMR system that is compatible and integrates with patient medical records; and
• Require that Providence maintains its 50% stake in the joint venture for the originally requested five (5) years.

 

“As home health and hospice caregivers, we will fight every step of the way to ensure this joint venture works for our patients and communities across Oregon. People depend on these services to recover, manage chronic conditions, and live with dignity in their own homes. We are committed to holding Providence and Compassus accountable so patients continue to receive the care they deserve,” said Hayden.

 

Oregonians and clinicians deserve a home health and hospice provider that prioritizes patient needs over profits, is committed to maintaining current service areas and staffing, and will support and invest in caring for Oregon’s homebound population.
 
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ONA, Home Health And Hospice Workers Ask OHA For Tighter Restrictions On Providence’s Joint Venture - 06/03/26

Quality patient care at risk according to home health and hospice clinicians 

 

Portland, Ore. - Following the Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) decision to allow Providence’s joint venture with Compassus to proceed, union-represented home health and hospice clinicians from the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) have asked OHA to revise and strengthen the conditions of the proposed order.  

 

ONA has sent multiple communications to OHA with their concerns. The documents sent include:
ONA members believe the conditions around the merger are inadequate, incomplete, and fail to live up to the Health Care Market Oversight (HCMO) program’s statutory mandates. 

 

The intent of the HCMO program is to protect Oregonians by ensuring that proposed health care business deals support the goals of health equity, lower costs, increased access, and better care. Yet some of the conditions on this venture are worded more loosely than similar previous conditions placed on other transactions by HCMO. 

 

“Without proper oversight, this joint venture risks undermining our ability to continue providing high-quality patient care. We cannot rely on Providence and Compassus to put patients and caregivers first. That’s why the HCMO process must impose strong conditions on this transaction to protect the public’s access to quality home health and hospice care across the state,” Kara Hayden, augmentative and alternative communication–speech-language pathologist at Providence Home Health and Hospice.

 

Unfortunately, the list of conditions in the proposed order for the joint venture lack repercussions or penalties if not followed. The conditions go out of their way to put profit over patient care. They cite “commercial reasonableness” as a rationale to shutter service areas and discontinue vital services. It sets the bar ridiculously low, saying that if the new joint venture has a financial loss for any stretch of 6 months, Providence and Compassus are released from all obligations to maintain services at current levels and in current geographies. One condition only mandates current staffing levels be maintained for the first six months following the closing date.

 

The proposed order allows the joint venture to increase caregivers’ patient loads and pressures caregivers to use AI technology for decision-making rather than experienced clinical judgment. 

 

“AI should not be making decisions about patient care—frontline caregivers should be, based on a holistic view of the patient,” said Hayden. “When companies push algorithms instead of clinical judgment, patient care suffers and caregivers’ licenses are on the line. Policies like these will only accelerate the exodus of experienced caregivers who entered this profession to care for patients, not to spend all their time justifying clinical judgement to override computer algorithms.”

 

ONA is requesting that OHA review and amend the conditions in the proposed order to address the issues raised by ONA members. Specifically,
• Extend the length of time that the Joint Venture is required to maintain the level and geographic reach of its services to five (5) years as it has done in other orders;
• Ensure that physicians and clinicians employed by the entity shall be responsible for all clinical decisions by making explicit that AI tools cannot be used in place of physician or clinician judgement;
• Require the joint venture to use an EMR system that is compatible and integrates with patient medical records; and
• Require that Providence maintains its 50% stake in the joint venture for the originally requested five (5) years.

 

“As home health and hospice caregivers, we will fight every step of the way to ensure this joint venture works for our patients and communities across Oregon. People depend on these services to recover, manage chronic conditions, and live with dignity in their own homes. We are committed to holding Providence and Compassus accountable so patients continue to receive the care they deserve,” said Hayden.

 

Oregonians and clinicians deserve a home health and hospice provider that prioritizes patient needs over profits, is committed to maintaining current service areas and staffing, and will support and invest in caring for Oregon’s homebound population.
 
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Media Advisory: Advanced Practice Providers To Rally On Friday, May 29, Demand OHSU Follow Contract - 05/28/26

WHAT: Nurse practitioners, physician associates and certified nurse midwives (collectively referred to as advanced practice providers or APPs) will hold a rally at Elizabeth Caruthers Park on Friday, May 29 at noon.  

 

The APPS are rallying to demand that OHSU follow their contract, stop recently implemented workload changes, and bargain a solution that will meet the needs of patients while ensuring safe working conditions. 

 

WHEN: Friday, May 29, 2026, at noon 

 

WERE: Elizabeth Caruthers Park, 3508 S Moody Ave, Portland 

 

WHO: Remarks will be delivered by OHSU APPs. 

 

WHY: In December 2025, APPs from OHSU negotiated their first contract after nearly two years of bargaining. The contract included groundbreaking workload protections. Recently, OHSU management unilaterally implemented workload changes which will double the number of patients APPs are scheduled to see; resulting in rushed appointments and less time with every patient. ONA believes that OHSU is legally required to bargain over these changes and is not allowed to unilaterally implement them. The APPs are worried that the changes will harm patient care and cause more APPs to leave OHSU. 

 

APPs are integral to OHSU’s role as a premier academic and cancer center. They are also responsible for educating future healthcare providers and maintaining the university’s position as the only comprehensive academic health center in Oregon.

Media Advisory: Advanced Practice Providers To Rally On Friday, May 29, Demand OHSU Follow Contract - 05/28/26

WHAT: Nurse practitioners, physician associates and certified nurse midwives (collectively referred to as advanced practice providers or APPs) will hold a rally at Elizabeth Caruthers Park on Friday, May 29 at noon.  

 

The APPS are rallying to demand that OHSU follow their contract, stop recently implemented workload changes, and bargain a solution that will meet the needs of patients while ensuring safe working conditions. 

 

WHEN: Friday, May 29, 2026, at noon 

 

WERE: Elizabeth Caruthers Park, 3508 S Moody Ave, Portland 

 

WHO: Remarks will be delivered by OHSU APPs. 

 

WHY: In December 2025, APPs from OHSU negotiated their first contract after nearly two years of bargaining. The contract included groundbreaking workload protections. Recently, OHSU management unilaterally implemented workload changes which will double the number of patients APPs are scheduled to see; resulting in rushed appointments and less time with every patient. ONA believes that OHSU is legally required to bargain over these changes and is not allowed to unilaterally implement them. The APPs are worried that the changes will harm patient care and cause more APPs to leave OHSU. 

 

APPs are integral to OHSU’s role as a premier academic and cancer center. They are also responsible for educating future healthcare providers and maintaining the university’s position as the only comprehensive academic health center in Oregon.

ONA Scores More Union Wins At Providence Hospitals - 05/27/26

Four new bargaining units voted to join ONA in the first half of 2026
 
(Portland, Ore.) – Nearly 550 more professional and technical employees from Providence Oregon facilities are now represented by Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) following 4 recent union elections. The new bargaining units are located at Providence Portland, Providence Hood River and Providence Willamette Falls, hospitals that already have long-established nurse units. 

 

“We have had difficulties recruiting and retaining techs for years. It has felt at times like a revolving door. People don’t want to work for an employer that won’t pay competitive market wages,” said Erika Taylor, a respiratory therapist at Providence Hood River. “Our nurse colleagues have stood with us since we started organizing and we will lean on them as we navigate bargaining our first contract.” 

 

“The increased union density across Providence Oregon will benefit patients and all workers,” said Kaleigh Roehl, an RN at Providence Portland. “Despite its not-for-profit classification, Providence is the embodiment of corporatized healthcare, where profits are put before patients every day. But when workers come together in solidarity, we are able to build power together and hold hospital executives accountable for the decisions they make that impact the health and safety of our community."

 

The new bargaining units represented by ONA include:
Providence Portland
• 270 workers including surgical techs, respiratory and radiation therapists, rehabilitation assistants and others voted to join ONA January 7, 2026.
• 225 workers including dietitians, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains and more won their union election April 2, 2026.
Providence Willamette Falls
• 82 technologists voted to join ONA February 19, 2026.
• The group is comprised of respiratory therapists, MRI technologists, ultrasound technologists, surgical technicians, and others
Providence Hood River
• 43 technologists voted to join ONA May 21, 2026.

 

“Being part of a union is important so that we can navigate the rapidly changing health care environment,” said Diana Shiroky, speech language pathologist at Providence Portland. “At Providence Portland we will be near wall-to-wall represented by ONA. While our job responsibilities may be different, all the bargaining units will work together with administration to make improvements to employee recruitment and retention while maintaining high patient satisfaction.” 

 

The organizing wins come as eight ONA-represented bargaining units at Providence prepare to negotiate contracts that expire at the end of 2026 and early 2027. In January 2025, 5,000 workers from 11 Providence bargaining units were on strike for 46 days—the longest healthcare workers' strike in Oregon history. The strike ended with smarter staffing for patient care, significant wage increases and unified contracts to improve solidarity.
 
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ONA Scores More Union Wins At Providence Hospitals - 05/27/26

Four new bargaining units voted to join ONA in the first half of 2026
 
(Portland, Ore.) – Nearly 550 more professional and technical employees from Providence Oregon facilities are now represented by Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) following 4 recent union elections. The new bargaining units are located at Providence Portland, Providence Hood River and Providence Willamette Falls, hospitals that already have long-established nurse units. 

 

“We have had difficulties recruiting and retaining techs for years. It has felt at times like a revolving door. People don’t want to work for an employer that won’t pay competitive market wages,” said Erika Taylor, a respiratory therapist at Providence Hood River. “Our nurse colleagues have stood with us since we started organizing and we will lean on them as we navigate bargaining our first contract.” 

 

“The increased union density across Providence Oregon will benefit patients and all workers,” said Kaleigh Roehl, an RN at Providence Portland. “Despite its not-for-profit classification, Providence is the embodiment of corporatized healthcare, where profits are put before patients every day. But when workers come together in solidarity, we are able to build power together and hold hospital executives accountable for the decisions they make that impact the health and safety of our community."

 

The new bargaining units represented by ONA include:
Providence Portland
• 270 workers including surgical techs, respiratory and radiation therapists, rehabilitation assistants and others voted to join ONA January 7, 2026.
• 225 workers including dietitians, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains and more won their union election April 2, 2026.
Providence Willamette Falls
• 82 technologists voted to join ONA February 19, 2026.
• The group is comprised of respiratory therapists, MRI technologists, ultrasound technologists, surgical technicians, and others
Providence Hood River
• 43 technologists voted to join ONA May 21, 2026.

 

“Being part of a union is important so that we can navigate the rapidly changing health care environment,” said Diana Shiroky, speech language pathologist at Providence Portland. “At Providence Portland we will be near wall-to-wall represented by ONA. While our job responsibilities may be different, all the bargaining units will work together with administration to make improvements to employee recruitment and retention while maintaining high patient satisfaction.” 

 

The organizing wins come as eight ONA-represented bargaining units at Providence prepare to negotiate contracts that expire at the end of 2026 and early 2027. In January 2025, 5,000 workers from 11 Providence bargaining units were on strike for 46 days—the longest healthcare workers' strike in Oregon history. The strike ended with smarter staffing for patient care, significant wage increases and unified contracts to improve solidarity.
 
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ONA Applauds Oregon Attorney General's Lawsuit Against Federal Loan Limits For Healthcare Degrees - 05/20/26

Portland, Ore. - The Oregon Nurses Association applauds Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield for joining the lawsuit challenging a U.S. Department of Education rule that restricts access to federal student loans for healthcare workers pursuing professional degree programs.  

 

ONA members have been clear: this harmful rule from the Trump administration would create significant barriers for frontline healthcare workers—including nurses, physician associates, therapists, and others—seeking advanced education and training, especially those from lower-income households and historically underrepresented communities. It would discourage many from advancing their education and force others to rely on higher-interest, higher-risk private loans. 

 

For generations, healthcare professions—particularly nursing—have provided a pathway to economic opportunity for women, working families, and immigrants. Policies that push students toward costly private loans disproportionately harm these communities and risk putting advanced education out of reach for many aspiring healthcare workers. Frontline caregivers should not be priced out of continuing their education and serving their communities. 

 

Oregon and the nation continue to face serious healthcare workforce shortages. Cutting access to affordable federal student loans for frontline healthcare workers is reckless, short-sighted, and dangerous for patients and communities. 

 

This is yet another example of the Trump administration squeezing working-class families and undermining our healthcare system at a time when workers need relief, communities need real investment in healthcare, and Oregon desperately needs more frontline caregivers. 

 

ONA is grateful to Attorney General Rayfield for standing up for healthcare workers and patients by challenging this unfair and inequitable rule. 

 

The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) represents a diverse community of more than 25,000 nurses and healthcare professionals throughout Oregon. Together, we use our collective power to advocate for critical issues impacting patients, nurses and healthcare professionals including a more effective, affordable and accessible healthcare system; better working conditions for all healthcare professionals; and healthier communities. For more information visit www.OregonRN.org.

 

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ONA Applauds Oregon Attorney General's Lawsuit Against Federal Loan Limits For Healthcare Degrees - 05/20/26

Portland, Ore. - The Oregon Nurses Association applauds Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield for joining the lawsuit challenging a U.S. Department of Education rule that restricts access to federal student loans for healthcare workers pursuing professional degree programs.  

 

ONA members have been clear: this harmful rule from the Trump administration would create significant barriers for frontline healthcare workers—including nurses, physician associates, therapists, and others—seeking advanced education and training, especially those from lower-income households and historically underrepresented communities. It would discourage many from advancing their education and force others to rely on higher-interest, higher-risk private loans. 

 

For generations, healthcare professions—particularly nursing—have provided a pathway to economic opportunity for women, working families, and immigrants. Policies that push students toward costly private loans disproportionately harm these communities and risk putting advanced education out of reach for many aspiring healthcare workers. Frontline caregivers should not be priced out of continuing their education and serving their communities. 

 

Oregon and the nation continue to face serious healthcare workforce shortages. Cutting access to affordable federal student loans for frontline healthcare workers is reckless, short-sighted, and dangerous for patients and communities. 

 

This is yet another example of the Trump administration squeezing working-class families and undermining our healthcare system at a time when workers need relief, communities need real investment in healthcare, and Oregon desperately needs more frontline caregivers. 

 

ONA is grateful to Attorney General Rayfield for standing up for healthcare workers and patients by challenging this unfair and inequitable rule. 

 

The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) represents a diverse community of more than 25,000 nurses and healthcare professionals throughout Oregon. Together, we use our collective power to advocate for critical issues impacting patients, nurses and healthcare professionals including a more effective, affordable and accessible healthcare system; better working conditions for all healthcare professionals; and healthier communities. For more information visit www.OregonRN.org.

 

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