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Oregon Takes Lead in Insurance Cost Scrutiny

Oregon Takes Lead in Insurance Cost Scrutiny

Health insurers will soon have to report every administrative cost from furniture to moving expenses
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July 23, 2009 -- When Oregon regulators analyze insurance premiums next year, they’ll take a closer look at administrative costs than nearly any health insurance regulator in United States history. Read More >>
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Complaints Lead to Fines on Insurers

Complaints Lead to Fines on Insurers

The relative number of complaints remained low, but state regulators took action in several cases
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July 15, 2009 -- The number of complaints against health insurance companies remained flat in 2008 despite efforts by the Department of Consumer and Business Services to spread the word. Of the 30 companies based in Oregon, only 694 complaints were filed. Read More >>
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Insurance Tax Cost Shift All But Certain

Insurance Tax Cost Shift All But Certain

New tax to expand coverage to children and low-income adults will have everyone paying higher premiums
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July 15, 2009 -- Employers will definitely feel the pain of an insurance tax that will help raise more than $115 billion to cover 115,000 uninsured children and low-income adults in Oregon over the next four years. Read More >>
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PacificSource Purchase Expands Market Share

PacificSource Purchase Expands Market Share

Once state regulators approve the purchase of Advantage Dental’s commercial business, PacificSource moves into the individual dental market
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July 15, 2009 -- PacificSource Health Plans is gearing up for a tidal wave of new members when state regulators approve its $3.5 million purchase of Advantage Dental Plan’s commercial business. Read More >>
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Law Judge Upholds Regence Rate Increase

Law Judge Upholds Regence Rate Increase

Attorney in the case says he'll appeal the decision further
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June 29, 2009 -- Charlie Ringo, attorney and former Oregon Senator, says he will appeal the decision to uphold a 26 percent rate increase on Regence individual health plans that took effect last year. Read More >>
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Insurers Post Modest Gains Amid Record Unemployment

Insurers Post Modest Gains Amid Record Unemployment

Enrollment dropped 2 percent in the first quarter of 2009
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June 10, 2009 -- Job losses only had a slight impact on the enrollment numbers of commercial health plans during the first three months of the year. Slightly over 1.8 million Oregonians had health insurance on March 31.
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Health Insurers Reveal Cost Sharing

Health Insurers Reveal Cost Sharing

Consumers should more easily get detailed cost information from their insurer
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June 10, 2009 -- Say your doctor suggests you need gall bladder surgery, and you want to know how much of the bill your health insurer will actually pay. Starting July 1, that information should be easy as making a toll-free phone call or clicking onto your insurer’s Web site.  Read More >>
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House Vote Expected Monday for Major Reform Bills

House Vote Expected Monday for Major Reform Bills

Conservative business groups mount attack, claiming tax would raise health insurance premiums
Oregon legislature
June 5, 2009 -- Oregon lawmakers face a crucial vote on Monday morning (June 8). That’s when the battle to reform Oregon’s healthcare system takes center stage. Read More >>
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Access to Healthcare Still Rough for Oregon Troops

Access to Healthcare Still Rough for Oregon Troops

Soldiers and their families continue having a hard time finding a doctor who accepts TRICARE, the federal insurance program tied to Medicare
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June 5, 2009 --Healthcare access issues in rural Oregon facing military service members are close to crisis proportions, said Brigadier Gen. Mike Caldwell, deputy director of the Oregon Military Department. Read More >>
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Rejection Rates Near One in Four

Rejection Rates Near One in Four

Nearly 6,000 Oregonians who tried to buy individual health insurance were refused in first three months of this year
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June 5, 2009 -- At a time when more Oregonians try to find health insurance in the individual market, insurers stepped up the number of people they refused to cover. Read More >>
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