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Oregon Medicaid insurer’s data breach could lead to insurance fraud

CareOregon, which serves about 500,000 low-income residents on the Oregon Health Plan, notified more than 5,000 people in December that their information had been ‘viewed’ and could be used to file fake claims
January 13, 2026
 
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The state’s biggest insurer of health care for low income people notified more than 5,000 of its members last month — two months after a