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Oregon's House of Representatives passed a bill to restore double health insurance for public employees in June 2019. | ELON GLUCKLICH/THE LUND REPORT.

Legislature Close To Restoring Double Health Care for Some Public Sector Employees

Jun 9, 2019
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A statue outside the Oregon Capitol. | ALEX VISSER/THE LUND REPORT

Dems Backtrack On Health Care Savings Under Pressure From Public Employees

Mar 27, 2019
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CREATIVE COMMONS BY 2.0

Gov. Kate Brown May Consider Repealing Health Insurance Rule That Saves $270M Per Biennium

Jan 18, 2019
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JAMES RAUSSEN

State Ethics Officials Fine Former Chief of Benefit Board $20,000

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission fined James Raussen the maximum amount for numerous violations, including a night in Las Vegas, wine tasting, a Portland Trail Blazer playoff game and lavish meals.

Nov 28, 2018

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ALI HASSOUN

Briefly: Health Authority Names Director Of Benefit Boards

Ali Hassoun, interim director of the Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board, has been named their permanent director.

Oct 29, 2018

State Seeks to Learn from Mistakes for New PEBB/OEBB Director

Veteran staffer Ali Hassoun took over June 1 as interim administrator of the Oregon Educators Benefit Board and the Public Employee Benefit Board.

Jun 6, 2018

OEBB Bails on Wellness Program that Didn’t Show Results

The health benefit plan for teachers gave more than $10 million in incentives to members over the past four school years but was hampered in its attempts to verify whether the Healthy Futures program made members healthier or saved money.

Apr 20, 2018

OEBB Cuts Drug Benefit, Increases Dental Fees to Keep Costs Down

The board tried to avoid cuts to teachers’ health benefits by encouraging them to shift to coordinated care, by cutting administrative costs and by offering more catastrophic plans, but some small benefit cuts were enacted for the next school year.

Apr 4, 2018

Parrish Pitches Plan to Scrap PEBB, OEBB and Move Workers to Exchange

Rep. Julie Parrish, R-West Linn, plans toreintroduce legislation in February that would dramatically change the way the state and local government assists with health coverage for their employees, scrapping the Public Employees Benefit Board, the Oregon Educators Benefit Board and other health plans in favor of a defined contribution that teachers and state workers would use to purchase a health plan off the federal exchange.

Oct 30, 2015

OEBB Puts Off New Contract Discussions for Another Year

The Oregon Educators Benefit Board will not have a better designed health contract in place before the 2017-2018 school year, raising questions about whether the health plan for teachers will be able to keep medical cost inflation anywhere near the 3.4 percent cap set by the Legislature.

Jul 8, 2015