Shifting Health Care Landscape Prompts Bold Plan, But Also Concerns
Lawmakers, advocates eye post-pandemic reset for Oregon Health Plan as an opportunity to expand coverage for the working poor.
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Lawmakers, advocates eye post-pandemic reset for Oregon Health Plan as an opportunity to expand coverage for the working poor.
With prospects dim for the U.S. to adopt a single-payer “Medicare for All” program, health care reform advocates turned instead to an insurance plan designed by the government that could compete with private insurance plans sold on the health care exchanges.
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With Medicaid redeterminations to resume this year, low-cost ‘public option’ discussions are gaining in urgency.
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The measures passed include creating a new dental profession and giving coordinated care organizations more flexibility.
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The sponsor of a bill that proposes a public option for people who lack insurance wants it delayed so the state can complete another study.
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Issues related to the pandemic are certain to dominate the session but there are plenty of other proposals in the works, including legislation on a public option.
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State lawmakers face unprecedented times that will force them to take a look at how the health care system works and how to bridge gaps in service.
October 27, 2009 -- The public option debated in Congress won’t gain any traction with Oregon’s insurance executives who keep comparing the proposal to traditional Medicare, claiming it’s a broken system in need of serious repair.