Oregon Health Insurance

Oregon Voters May Take Up Student Insurance Policies

hareyan — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:57:45 -0500

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.

Gathering Signatures

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

hareyan — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:28:32 -0600

Oregon will begin accepting new beneficiaries in its Health Plan.

Oregon Voters Reject Cigarette Tax for Health Care Expansion

hareyan — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:22:22 -0600

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

hareyan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:22:02 -0600

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

hareyan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:24:23 -0600

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

hareyan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:42:51 -0500

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

hareyan — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:50:06 -0500

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.