Depending on the severity of the economic crisis induced by coronavirus, as many as 430,000 Oregonians could lose their employer-sponsored health plans in coming months, and most of those people – 320,000 – would turn to the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of Medicaid for low-income residents, a new report forecasts.
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Fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is likely to hit Oregon’s Medicaid program.
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A federal agency announced more funding for Oregon on Wednesday to grapple with the rising tide of COVID-19 cases as the state braces for a widening epidemic.
Oregon health and human services officials have imposed mandatory restrictions on residential care facilities, telling them to limit visitors and restrict social activities to try to prevent a fatal coronavirus outbreak like the one in Washington state.
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The epicenter of Oregon’s response to COVID-19 is a team of about 60 people in the Oregon Health Authority’s agency operations center.
A third Oregonian has tested positive for coronavirus and is hospitalized in Washington state as public health officials in two states work to notify anyone who may have come into contact.
A second Oregonian has tested positive for coronavirus as public health officials scramble to identify those who came into contact with the first person in Oregon diagnosed with the respiratory disease.
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Gov. Kate Brown on Friday announced the creation of a coronavirus response team to coordinate the state’s preparations for a possible outbreak of the respiratory disease in Oregon.
Oregon announced its first case of coronavirus on Friday evening, becoming the last state on the West Coast to have at least one infection. There are multiple cases in Washington state and California but the source of the infection in this case, like two in California, is a mystery.
The Oregon Health Authority has not done enough to prevent the potential misspending of millions of dollars of taxpayer money, an audit by the Secretary of State’s office found.
