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Oregon Commercial Health Insurers Reap Windfalls In Pandemic Year

A temporary halt to elective surgeries cut insurers’ expenses, although under federal law, the bulk of profits must eventually go to services or rebates for policy holders.
March 15, 2021
 
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SHUTTERSTOCK

An unprecedented year for Americans and U.S. health systems was also unprecedented for health insurers, but for vastly different reasons.