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Avalere Exchange Enrollment Update: Nationwide Enrollment Tracking toward 5.4M by the End of March; Enrollment in Federally-Run Exchanges Is Accelerating

New Avalere analysis finds that exchange enrollment is on track to reach 5.4 million by the end of March when open enrollment is set to end. That number falls short of current Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that six million people will enroll in exchanges in 2014.

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Avalere Health

Practitioners, Prescribers and Patient Advocates Call on Oregon Legislature For Improved Medication Therapy Management

The Arizona Journal of Pharmacy’s Winter 2014 issue notes that across the U.S., “poor medication adherence leads to poorer health, more frequent hospitalizations, higher risk of death and costs our medical system as much as $290 billion each year.” Here in Oregon, providers, pharmacists, and patient groups are addressing this growing issue by bringing forth legislation to help all Oregon patients better manage their medications. Medicare Part D plans starting doing this in January.

Physicians, providers, patients and groups are asking the Oregon Legislature to pass Senate Bill 1579, the “Medication Synchronization” bill. This simple legislation allows patients to synchronize their medicati

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Oregon Bioscience Association

Bill Increasing Access to Affordable In-Home Care for Oregon Seniors Passes Ways and Means, Heads to Senate Floor

SB 1542-A makes quality in-home care accessible and affordable to all Oregonians by expanding access to caregivers through the Oregon Home Care Commission Registry

The Joint Committee on Ways and Means yesterday passed Senate Bill 1542-A on an 19-7 vote. The bill moved to the Senate floor, where it had its second reading this morning.

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SEIU

Trillium Unveils Access to Care Plan

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Trillium Health Services

Governor Kitzhaber Announces Agreement Between Hospitals and SEIU to Engage Frontline Workers and Improve Care

SEIU agrees not to pursue health care related ballot measures in 2014

Today Governor Kitzhaber announced that Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services, OHSU, PeaceHealth, Kaiser Permanente NW, and the Oregon Nurses Association have agreed to meet with SEIU and the Governor’s Office to accelerate progress toward the health care “Triple Aim”:

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Office of Gov. John Kitzhaber

Tax Preparers Could Help Most Uninsured Get Covered

Report Eyes Tax Time as Key to Boosting ACA Enrollment

More than 74 percent of the uninsured who qualify for Medicaid or health insurance marketplace subsidies—18.9 million people—file federal income tax returns, creating an opportunity to boost enrollment in these coverage programs.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Individual Health Insurance Market Projected to Top 300,000 by March 31 – Kreidler Notes ‘Empty Promises’ of SB 6464

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Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner

Revenue-Hungry Rhode Island Seeks 80% Tax on Lifesaving E-Cigarettes

Tobacco-Free E-Cigarettes Help Tobacco Smokers Quit; Taxing Them Like Tobacco Cigarettes Would Harm Smoking Cessation Efforts

National Center Risk Analysis Division Director Jeff Stier is submitting testimony today to the Rhode Island legislature in opposition to a

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National Center for Public Policy Research

Avalere Analysis: 7.4M Medicare Beneficiaries Ccould Be Affected by Proposed Meaningful Differences Policy

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Avalere Health

RWJF and Consumer Reports’ Healthtaxcredittool.org Explains New Financial Help Available to Pay for Health Insurance Costs

In Most States, Families of Four Earning up to $94k Annually May be Eligible for Financial Help

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Consumer Reports have created a free, easy-to-use tool that helps people learn how to lower the cost of health insurance plans offered through the new state marketplaces with the health premium tax credit.

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