October 22, 2025 (Tualatin, Ore.) - Samaritan Health Services’ recent announcement that it plans to “affiliate” with Washington State-based MultiCare Health System leaves more questions than answers about what this means for the future of healthcare in Oregon. 

Samaritan Health is a locally run, regional health system serving communities throughout the Mid-Willamette Valley and Oregon Coast. State and federal regulators must take a hard look at this transaction to ensure it is in the best interest of those communities and will not result in cuts to services, layoffs, and higher costs.

ONA will do everything in our power to ensure that any transaction centers the needs of patients and the nurses and healthcare professionals who provide their care.

Oregon needs healthcare systems rooted in community, accountability, and compassion—not corporate consolidation.