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Report: Economic Slump Could Increase Oregon’s Medicaid Bill By Half A Billion Dollars

Depending on the level of unemployment created by the virus-induced economic crisis, Oregon would need to spend between $75 million and $516 million in state money to cover the additional Medicaid enrollees for the period January 2020-December 2022, according to a new report.
May 25, 2020
 

The swelling ranks of unemployed Oregonians could cost Oregon more than a half a billion dollars in Medicaid spending, a .