Provider Tax

Petition Drive Begins to Repeal 1 Percent Insurance Tax

If successful, voters would decide in 2010 whether to repeal a tax on insurance companies to subsidize low income adults and children
August 7, 2009 -- Two men from Grants Pass have started gathering signatures to refer the 1 percent health insurance tax to voters. They filed petitions with the Secretary of State’s office after Governor Kulongoski signed into law House Bill 2116 earlier this week. Read More >>

Greenlick Concedes Lawmakers Punted Tough Questions

Leading reformist gets praise yet disappointment for what legislature left out of critical reform
July 23, 2009 -- Oregon's Legislature "avoided all of the hard questions" when it dealt with healthcare reform, according to Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland), who spoke to a group of health reform advocates earlier in the week.  Read More >>

Insurance Tax Cost Shift All But Certain

New tax to expand coverage to children and low-income adults will have everyone paying higher premiums
July 15, 2009 -- Employers will definitely feel the pain of an insurance tax that will help raise more than $115 billion to cover 115,000 uninsured children and low-income adults in Oregon over the next four years. Read More >>

House Vote Expected Monday for Major Reform Bills

Conservative business groups mount attack, claiming tax would raise health insurance premiums
June 5, 2009 -- Oregon lawmakers face a crucial vote on Monday morning (June 8). That’s when the battle to reform Oregon’s healthcare system takes center stage. Read More >>

Provider Tax is Settled for Good

After weeks of anticipation, legislators agree to tax hospitals and insurers
May 28, 2009 -- Uninsured Oregonians can rejoice. Legislative leaders reached agreement on a hospital and health insurance tax to cover 140,000 Oregonians.  Together their dollars will result in $2 billion in federal matching funds over the next four years and create an estimated 3,600 new healthcare jobs. Read More >>

Provider Tax Close to Agreement

Legislators have not reached agreement with hospitals and insurers but are very close
May 13, 2009 -- Earlier we reported that a deal had been struck on a provider tax, however Sen. Alan Bates (D-Ashland) now says that was incorrect. Negotiations are very close to being wrapped up on a hospital and insurance tax to cover more uninsured Oregonians. Read More >>

Provider Tax Remains Veiled

Oregon Health Plan caseloads and an economic forecast next Friday could play havoc with the provider tax.
May 8, 2009 -- Negotiations over a provider tax that could potentially insure 180,000 Oregonians appear stalled after lawmakers cancelled a legislative hearing scheduled for Thursday morning (May 7) because an agreement had not been reached with the hospitals and health insurers.  Read More >>

We Can't Afford to Wait

Advocates rally for House reform bills
May 7, 2009 -- Advocates hold high a banner for drawing down all available federal funds to cover 180,000 Oregonians, and for addressing both system reform and expansion during this legislative session. Read More >>

Legislators Close to Deal on Provider Tax

Details still sketchy as deal nears to insure every child and 100,000 adults
April 30, 2009 -- Sen. Alan Bates (D-Ashland) expects to announce a deal next week that will settle months of debate on taxing hospitals and health insurers to expand the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>

Colorado Enacts Hospital Tax

Colorado expects to draw down $600 million in federal matching funds
April 30, 2009 -- If Oregon lawmakers are successful in imposing a hospital tax to draw down federal stimulus money, they won’t be able to pride themselves on being first. The new tax would expand the Oregon Health Plan to cover another 180,000 children and adults.
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