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Oregon Health Insurance

Oregon health insurance news. Small business, group, family and individual health insurance plans in Oregon. What is the government and the insurance providers doing to make affordable health insurance coverage available to more families.

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Recommendations To Overhaul Oregon Health Care System

Submitted by ruzik_tuzik on Nov 19th, 2008
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The Oregon Health Fund Board on Monday unanimously adopted recommendations to overhaul the state's health care system and provide coverage to all state residents by 2019, the Oregonian reports. The plan recommends taxing hospitals and health insurers and using the money to extend coverage to the 100,000 uninsured children and about 100,000 low-income uninsured adults by 2013 (Colburn, Oregonian, 11/18).

The taxes would generate an estimated $700 million over the next two years, which would be used to draw down more than $1 billion in federal matching funds.

Oregon Voters May Take Up Student Insurance Policies

Submitted by hareyan on Jul 28th, 2008
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Voters in Portland, Oregon may be asked to decide whether they and their fellow taxpayers will begin shouldering the financial burden for providing health insurance to the city's elementary and high school students.

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According to the Virginia-based American Medical Student Association (AMSA), nearly 10 million Americans age 18 and under lack health insurance, and more than 9,000 uninsured students attend Portland public schools.

Oregon Health Plan To Enroll New Members

Submitted by hareyan on Jan 10th, 2008
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Oregon will begin accepting new beneficiaries in its Health Plan.

Oregon Voters Reject Cigarette Tax for Health Care Expansion

Submitted by hareyan on Dec 26th, 2007
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In November, Oregon voters provided an unusual opportunity to find out what voters think about a legislative proposal being considered in Congress in regard to providing affordable health insurance to children in Oregon.

Oregon: Other Ways To Fund Health Coverage Expansion After Tobacco Tax Measure Fails

Submitted by hareyan on Nov 12th, 2007
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Oregon legislators are now back to square one in their quest to make health care affordable for all Oregonians.

Defeat Of Oregon Tobacco Tax Ballot Measure For Insurance

Submitted by hareyan on Nov 8th, 2007
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Editorials addressed the defeat of an Oregon ballot measure that would have increased the state's cigarette tax by 84.5 cents per pack to fund health coverage for children.

Number Of Uninsured Increasing At Multnomah County

Submitted by hareyan on Aug 23rd, 2007
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More than 62,300 people received health care services from Multnomah county last year, an increase of 3.2 percent from 2005.

Oregon Pushes for State Cigarette Tax Increase To Fund Children's Health Care

Submitted by hareyan on Aug 15th, 2007
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The Healthy Kids Oregon coalition on Thursday launched a campaign in support of a state ballot measure that would increase cigarette taxes to provide health care for more than 100,000 Oregon children without health insurance.

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