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Gelser Forges Path Forward for Free Prenatal Care for Diabetic Women

The House Health Committee unanimously approved HB 2432, requiring insurers to cover the costs that diabetic women accrue when pregnant without deductibles and copays, despite opposition by Regence BlueCross BlueShield. Rep. Sara Gelser was able to lower the fiscal impact to the Oregon Educators Benefit Board after talks with ODS
April 9, 2013 — Oregon women who get pregnant and struggle with low blood sugar may no longer struggle to seek extra prenatal care relating to diabetes after the House Health Committee voted 8-0 on Monday to require insures to cover diabetic prenatal care at no extra cost. Read More >>

Local Governments May Get Option to Join OEBB and PEBB

HB 2279, backed by local governments and unions alike, would open up the self-insurance plans for teachers and state employees to those in local government, which face rising private health insurance costs
  February 26, 2013 — Legislation pushed by the unions would give local governments the option of offering their employees the health insurance benefits offered by the Public Employees Benefit Board and the Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Read More >>

Public Education Employees Shed Thousands of Pounds

Medical costs related to obesity in adults in Oregon amounted to $ 1.6 billion in 2006, according to the Oregon Health Authority
October 22, 2012 -- Oregon public education employees have lost nearly 200,000 pounds in a 20-month period that began in October 2010 after the state added free Weight Watchers classes as a benefit, an administrator for the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) told The Lund Report. Read More >>

Portland’s Transgender Benefits Have Gone Unused

Last June the Portland City Council unanimously approved the new benefit joining Multnomah County and San Francisco
April 2, 2012 – None of Portland’s city employees or family members have used the city’s transgender benefits that were approved by the city council. But that isn’t unusual, said Yvonne Deckard, director of human resources, and doesn’t mean providing those benefits are without value.   Read More >>

Rep. Jim Thompson Focuses on Keeping Oregonians Healthier

At an informational hearing, he said that he wants more attention focused on weight loss programs
February 28, 2012 -- Looking at options for healthcare was the focus of an informational meeting of the Oregon House Health Care Committee recently to discuss a weight-loss program known as Take Shape for Life. Read More >>

Insurance Exchange’s Request to Pursue Its Own Health Coverage Met with Skepticism

Rocky King, executive director of the exchange, wants to try out some innovative coverage models prior to small businesses purchasing coverage through the exchange
February 2, 2012—An unexpectedly heated debate transpired in the House Health Care Committee yesterday over whether the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange’s 11 staff members should be able to seek their own healthcare coverage rather than be covered by the Public Employees’ Benefit Board (PEBB), which provides benefits to state employees. Read More >>

PEBB Considers Suspending Financial Penalties for its Health Engagement Model

Feeling pressure from public employee unions, the board will hold a special meeting before making any changes to this wellness program
January 23, 2012— A committee comprised of nine labor and four management representatives called the Health Engagement Model Joint Labor Management Committee has asked the Public Employees’ Benefit Board (PEBB) to suspend financial penalties for people who decide not to participate in the health engagement model, a wellness plan that has drawn much rancor from state employees. Read More >>

PEBB Approves Funding For Employee Wellness Program

The Oregon Public Health Division will now implement the program in offices and areas where state employees work
January 23, 2012—The Public Employees’ Benefit Board (PEBB) voted last week to give $155,000 to the Oregon Public Health Division to help fund its Wellness@Work program, a new work-based wellness program for state employees. Read More >>

PEBB Delays Funding Employee Wellness Program

The board wants to see outcomes and expectations for the Wellness@Work program when it meets in November
October 24, 2011—The Public Employees’ Benefit Board postponed voting to spend $165,000 for the Wellness@Work program when it last week, citing the desire to see more concrete outcomes. That worksite wellness program is now used by state agencies under the auspices of the Oregon Public Health Division. Read More >>

PEBB Faces Lawsuit for Refusing to Cover Gender Transitioning

At almost the same time, the Portland City Council made a unanimous decision to offer such coverage, becoming the third governmental body after Multnomah County and the city-county of San Francisco
July 7, 2011 -- On June 21, Alec Esquivel, a transgender man who works for the state of Oregon as a legal clerk, filed suit against the Public Employees Benefit Board for failing to cover surgeries and hormone treatments he needs to complete gender transitioning. Read More >>
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