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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.

During the next two weeks, the hospital association, the state’s insurance commissioner and Moda Health are expected to announce new developments.

Big changes are coming to how thousands of rural Oregonians’ hospital bills will soon be paid.

The center, which educates medical students about global health issues, is preparing to open a program in Southeast Asia.