PacificSource Medicaid patients warned they may lose coverage at Salem Health Jan. 1

More than 140,000 low-income people in Marion and Polk counties may not be able to book appointments at Salem Health next year.

PacificSource Community Solutions told members in a letter sent Thanksgiving week that Salem’s only hospital system could soon be out of network. The not-for-profit insurance company administers the Oregon Health Plan in a number of Oregon counties, including Marion and Polk.

“Salem Health may leave our network on January 1, 2026,” the letter…