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In Oregon, big grocery, retail companies have highest number of employees on Medicaid
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (979+ words) Published 10:08 am Monday, July 27, 2026 Multi-billion-dollar grocers and retailers such as Walmart and Amazon were among the most listed employers on Oregonians’ applications for publicly-funded health insurance last year, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Oregon Health Authority data. The…...
Editorial: How should Oregon cut Medicaid, the Oregon Health Plan?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (288+ words) Published 10:00 am Thursday, July 9, 2026 About 1.4 million Oregonians rely on the Oregon Health Plan. More than 50% of Oregon children receive medical care through OHP. Cuts in federal funding will mean the health plan will have its funding reduced by about $421 million…...
Commentary: The truth about the ACA’s ‘fraudsters’
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (523+ words) Published 8:06 am Monday, July 6, 2026 By Lisa Jarvis/Bloomberg Opinion, TNS Millions of Americans have dropped their Affordable Care Act insurance coverage this year. It’s the predictable consequence of Republicans’ decision to allow the expiration of tax credits that put Obamacare…...
Fewer Oregonians are enrolling in marketplace plans because of federal uncertainty
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (299+ words) Published 12:56 pm Tuesday, April 21, 2026 About 21,000 fewer people enrolled in health insurance plans through the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace compared with a year ago, according to a new report. The Oregon Health Authority on Thursday released its annual report giving insight…...
Column: Oregon is trying to bend health care
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (677+ words) Published 6:00 am Sunday, March 29, 2026 When someone is breaking into your home and you call 911, the police don’t check if you can pay before they head off to help. The police just roll out, ready to respond to an emergency. You…...
Commentary: Push for lower drug prices uses bad logic
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (381+ words) Published 7:41 am Tuesday, January 20, 2026 By Lisa Jarvis, Bloomberg Opinion The need to address the high cost of prescription drugs is one of the rare areas of concordance in our divided country. Americans across the political spectrum can agree that seniors…...
Guest column: Medicaid fraud is not the only problem | The Bulletin
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (621+ words) Published 7:34 am Friday, December 26, 2025 By Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Medicaid is a federal program jointly funded with the states, providing health and long-term care insurance to more than 80 million low-income Americans. And if you didn’t know all of that, you’re…...
Commentary: ACA tax credits helped more Oregonians find coverage. Will Congress keep them?
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (594+ words) Published 9:13 am Thursday, December 11, 2025 This year, more than 97% of Oregonians had health insurance. Getting to this level of coverage took years of steady effort and happened because our state treats health coverage as essential for keeping people healthy, for helping…...
PacificSource, St. Charles broker deal for in-network coverage
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (275+ words) Published 1:47 pm Thursday, November 13, 2025 PacificSource and St. Charles Health System reached an agreement Thursday that will allow Medicare Advantage and commercial pay patients to remain in-network. The agreement assures Medicare Advantage patients will remain in-network for the next year. Commercial…...
Impending St. Charles, PacificSource contract stalemate could impact patient costs
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (470+ words) Published 11:07 am Thursday, October 2, 2025 St. Charles Health System patients holding PacificSource insurance cards could find themselves out of network come Jan. 1, if an agreement cannot be reached. PacificSource sent out notifications to all their Medicare and commercial pay customers that…...