The pandemic’s effect on our healthcare system is still playing out in real time, and it goes beyond the burnout felt by frontline workers who’ve borne a heavy cost for years now.

Hospitals say they are hurting financially, and that will invariably trickle down to affect patients.

On the latest episode of Beat Check, we chat with investigative reporter Jeff Manning. On the first half of the show, we talked about the financial situation at some of Oregon’s largest and smallest hospitals, how it got to this point and what the looming crisis means for patients.

On the second half of the show, we talked about the late advertising giant Dan Wieden and his legacy.

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