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Cover Oregon Consumers Face Tight Window as All Must Make Switch

The move from the state website to the federal one means all 97,000 consumers must re-enroll to stay insured. But an open enrollment window set up before the law took effect means they’ll have just one month to sign back up or face a lapse in coverage. One insurance agent suggests the state extend 2014 plans into February to ensure a smooth switch for consumers.

Aug 6, 2014

Cover Oregon Plots Future with Mind Toward Avoiding Risky Goals

Tina Edlund explained that a hybrid process will continue for Medicaid enrollments so that the state can be better assured of not promising more than it can deliver. Meanwhile, insurance agents, who account for 50% of all sign-ups, continue to struggle to get paid.

Jul 22, 2014

Insurance Division Begins Process to Better Regulate Provider Networks

A chief goal of the division is to create more transparency for consumers shopping on Cover Oregon or elsewhere to ensure they know what physicians and services they’ll be getting before they pick a health plan. The division also wants to give clear guidelines to insurers for compliance.

Jun 20, 2014

Cover Oregon’s Future Remains in Doubt While Health Net Backs Out Rachel Monahan Thu, 06/12/2014 - 08:06

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Kitzhaber and Cover Oregon Roll Out Plan for Those Who Missed Out on Tax Credits

Former director Bruce Goldberg mentioned in March that consumers who bought qualified health plans outside the exchange would be eligible for retroactive tax credits, but Cover Oregon has only now made this opportunity possible. Consumers have until June 27 to apply.

Jun 11, 2014

Grand Jury Deliberates Potential Federal Charges in Cover Oregon Debacle

The grand jury meets in secret so there’s little information about the scope of their work or whether criminal charges will come. The governor’s office not only met the deadline to comply with the information request, he promised full cooperation.

Jun 11, 2014

Cover Oregon to Keep Premium Tax Despite Switch to Federal Website

The premium tax will cost a family of four about $460 a year, which Cover Oregon officials insist is still needed despite moving to the federal website, healthcare.gov.

May 29, 2014

Kitzhaber and Richardson Downplay Remarks from Obama Nominee

Comments from U.S. Health & Human Services nominee Sylvia Mathews Burwell meant more negative national press for Cover Oregon, but both leading candidates for the Oregon governor’s office think there’s little new indication that the federal government will make the state repay the $248 million grants it wasted on Cover Oregon before abandoning ship and turning over operations to the federal website, healthcare.gov.

May 19, 2014

State Officials Explain Process to Abort Cover Oregon to Legislators

Gov. John Kitzhaber holds firm in his opinion that Cover Oregon needs no legislative approval or special session to scrap its portal for the federal exchange, despite an opinion from legislative counsel that says otherwise.

May 6, 2014

Cover Oregon Debacle Calls into Question the Cost of Big Data

OPINION --The public execution of Cover Oregon wasn’t a dignified death. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver debuted this past Sunday. With “bleepless swearing,” the former “British news correspondent” for The Daily Show” lambasted Indian elections… and Cover Oregon.

May 1, 2014