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Financial Filings Portray Ups and Downs of CCOs Early Growth

FamilyCare reported strongest profits among Oregon CCOs, while others had low cash reserves, but regulators aren’t worried

Jun 9, 2015
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Representative Blumenauer Statement on Ways and Means Health Care Legislation Markup

Jun 3, 2015

Improved Economy, Obamacare Boost Demand For Travel Nurses

May 27, 2015

Basic Health Bill Goes to Brown, Asks OHA to Hammer Out Plan

Oregon could move private health insurance subsidies to the CCOs to provide coverage for an additional 87,000 people, including thousands of uninsured legal immigrants, but HB 2934 merely keeps the bureaucratic work going to shape the policy for possible 2017 implementation.

May 27, 2015

Single-Payer Activists Outline Possible 2016 Ballot Measure

Single-payer advocates came to the Capitol on Monday to air their passions on behalf of a bill that’s not going anywhere. But a pair of efforts on the horizon may bolster their ideas for replacing private health insurance with a single-payer health plan for everyone.

May 5, 2015

House Sends Patient Privacy, Birth Control Access Bills to Senate

House Democrats pushed through two health measures late last week that had the support of Planned Parenthood in a coup for reproductive health and patient privacy.

May 5, 2015

Enshrining Healthcare Discrimination in Oregon Law

It’s been five years since the Affordable Care Act was introduced, and one of the most important provisions is under fire.

May 5, 2015

Healthcare Industry Convinces Courtney to Kill Price Transparency Bill

Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, halted a legislative effort to force hospitals and health insurers to be more candid about their prices following closed-door negotiations with their influential lobbyists. The move rankled some in Courtney’s caucus who have been steeling for greater reforms after Oregon was given an F along with 44 other states by the Catalyst for Payment Reform, a national organization that scores states on price transparency.

Apr 22, 2015

Basic Health Plan Discussion Focused on Policy Paper by December

House Bill 2934 has been downsized from a directive to the federal government to a work group discussion that will flesh out the policy and further inform the debate for the Legislature in 2016. Advocates say the move will not delay the potential implementation of a health plan for immigrants and working-class Oregonians in 2017.

Apr 17, 2015