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High Risk Pool Takes Over Where Regence Left Off

The board administering the program will ask the 2011 Legislature for permission to cover all children regardless of their health status
October 13, 2010 -- Now that Regence BlueCross BlueShield and HealthNet decided they won’t provide insurance to children, the state's high risk pool has sprung into action. Read More >>

Federal High Risk Pool Reaches Oregon

Over the next 3 1/2 years the federal government will pour $66 million into the state-run pool
July 14, 2010 -- It’s official. The federal high risk pool gets under way in Oregon on Aug. 1, and people can begin applying immediately. Read More >>

High Risk Pool to Save Insurers Millions

The federal program will extend coverage and save Oregon insurers millions
June 30, 2010 -- The federal program to insure people with pre-existing conditions rolling out across the country this month could extend health coverage to an estimated 6,700 Oregonians. Read More >>

High Risk Pool to Increase Premiums

Insurer of last resort for those rejected for individual coverage plans to raise rates by 12.5 percent
October 14, 2009 -- People rejected by insurance companies because of pre-existing conditions will pay 12.5 percent more for health coverage through the high risk pool starting Jan. 1. Read More >>

Rejections Increase as Policy Prohibition Nears

Individual rejection rates for pre-existing conditions continued to reach toward one-in-four who apply
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August 21, 2009 -- It’s a foregone conclusion these days that if any healthcare reform bill passes Congress this year it will end the practice of rejecting individuals for health insurance coverage because of pre-existing conditions. Until then, insurers are continuing to reject as usual. Read More >>

Rejection Rates Near One in Four

Nearly 6,000 Oregonians who tried to buy individual health insurance were refused in first three months of this year
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June 5, 2009 -- At a time when more Oregonians try to find health insurance in the individual market, insurers stepped up the number of people they refused to cover. Read More >>

'We Should be Ashamed of Ourselves'

A retired Providence doctor gets denied by his former employer, affording a first-hand look at our failed healthcare system
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Are health insurance companies responsible to the community at large or only to their own customers and stakeholders? Is it ethical for them to be allowed to deny coverage to anyone who might actually be in need of medical care? Read More >>

Refused Service: One in Five Rejected

Thousands of Oregonians denied coverage have little if any recourse other than paying more
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April 6, 2009 -- A growing number of Oregonians are discovering the cold hard facts about individual health insurance. For starters, it’s not guaranteed. Consistent with years past, one in five Oregonians who applied for coverage in 2008 were rejected for pre-existing conditions. Read More >>

Oregon Lawmakers to Heed Washington Lessons

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As Oregon lawmakers mull over the idea of moving toward a system that eventually requires insurers to cover everybody, they might want to consider lessons learned from our neighbors to the north… that is, Washington not Canada. (We aren’t going that far). Read More >>
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