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None of the insurers are passing on any savings in health insurance costs now that hospitals are offering less free care. Oregon’s hospitals traditionally passed the cost of that so-called charity care onto consumers, but the ACA has provided them with a windfall revenue stream, as insurers and consumers are unable to share in that savings.

Coverage will remain in effect during the litigation, which comes at a time when scores of people have lost their insurance coverage due to a layoff.

Christopher Modic, an emergency department nurse supervisor, alleges he was fired after complaining to management about patient safety reporting.