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Regence BlueShield Decides to Leave Washington’s Medicaid Market

That decision came as a surprise to many because of Regence’s long history of managed care involvement
January 5, 2012 – Regence BlueShield is pulling out of the Medicaid market in Washington, after deciding not to bid on a new contract that takes effect in July. Read More >>

U.S. Senators Commend Oregon Insurance Regulators

State Insurance Administrator Teresa Miller testified before Congress on rate review
August 4, 2011 -- Oregon insurance regulators received accolades this week from a U.S. Senate committee looking at ways in which states have used federal grant funding to improve their health insurance rate reviews. Read More >>

High School Students Looking for Placements

The students, who are interested in studying medicine, want to spend the academic year in the Pacific Northwest and primarily come from South Korea, China, Thailand and Germany
July 20, 2011 – It’s crunch time for high school students interested in coming to the Pacific Northwest to learn more about American culture. Read More >>

Feds Start Preparing for Co-Op Health Plans

There’s been $6 billion allocated to jump start such plans that becomes available in 2014
January 26, 2011 -- A national public option may have died, but before Congress passed the Affordable Care Act last March, lawmakers included a provision that calls for consumer-operated healthcare plans – known as co-operatives. Read More >>

Congress Fails to Adopt Maternity Care Quality Act

Yet U.S. women have a greater lifetime risk of pregnancy-related complications than those in 40 other countries
January 5, 2011 -- Despite our nation’s wealth and advances in healthcare technology, women in the United States have a greater lifetime risk of dying of pregnancy-related complications than women in 40 other countries, including every other industrialized nation. Read More >>

One Step Closer to Medical-Loss Ratio Rules

The National Association of Insurance Commisisoners set final rules amid insurance industry objections
@ TheHill.com
October 22, 2010 -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) voted unanimously Thursday to finalize new rules requiring insurance companies to dedicate more revenues directly to healthcare costs. Read More >>

Joel Ario to Oversee Insurance Exchanges

Former Oregon insurance commissioner heads to Washington DC
August 11, 2010 – Joel Ario who was Oregon’s chief insurance regulator from 2000 to 2007 is joining the Obama administration to oversee the nation’s health insurance exchange system. Read More >>

Federal Drug Discount Program Begins

The Obama administration announced this week a drug discount program largely for children
Originally at TheHill.com
August 2, 2010 -- Children's hospitals and other medical centers on Monday became eligible to enroll in a Medicaid program that offers discounted drugs, as called for in the healthcare reform law. Read More >>

Bi-Partisan Alliance Takes On Non-Profit Hospitals

Politics makes strange bedfellows in fight against non-profit hospitals
March 29, 2010 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) have formed an unusual alliance to ensure that tax-exempt hospitals treat patients without insurance. Read More >>

Coming Down on Anthem Blue Cross in California

Two LA Times stories investigate the financing and regulatory malfeasance of Anthem and parent Wellpoint
February 24, 2010 -- The recent focus on Anthem Blue Cross in California for excessive rate increases mirrors much of our reporting at The Lund Report about premium increases in Oregon. Read More >>
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