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Provider Tax Remains Veiled

Provider Tax Remains Veiled

Oregon Health Plan caseloads and an economic forecast next Friday could play havoc with the provider tax.
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May 8, 2009 -- Negotiations over a provider tax that could potentially insure 180,000 Oregonians appear stalled after lawmakers cancelled a legislative hearing scheduled for Thursday morning (May 7) because an agreement had not been reached with the hospitals and health insurers.  Read More >>
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We Can't Afford to Wait

We Can't Afford to Wait

Advocates rally for House reform bills
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May 7, 2009 -- Advocates hold high a banner for drawing down all available federal funds to cover 180,000 Oregonians, and for addressing both system reform and expansion during this legislative session. Read More >>
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Legislators Close to Deal on Provider Tax

Legislators Close to Deal on Provider Tax

Details still sketchy as deal nears to insure every child and 100,000 adults
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April 30, 2009 -- Sen. Alan Bates (D-Ashland) expects to announce a deal next week that will settle months of debate on taxing hospitals and health insurers to expand the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>
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Colorado Enacts Hospital Tax

Colorado Enacts Hospital Tax

Colorado expects to draw down $600 million in federal matching funds
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April 30, 2009 -- If Oregon lawmakers are successful in imposing a hospital tax to draw down federal stimulus money, they won’t be able to pride themselves on being first. The new tax would expand the Oregon Health Plan to cover another 180,000 children and adults.
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Legislators Meet Behind Closed Doors to Settle Tax

Legislators Meet Behind Closed Doors to Settle Tax

Whichever way it gets diced, legislators are confident they can raise taxes to expand the Oregon Health Plan
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April 9, 2009 -- The battle is heating up over a proposed tax that would require hospitals and health insurers to pay for an expansion of the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>
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Oregon AFL-CIO Takes Aim at Hospitals

Oregon AFL-CIO Takes Aim at Hospitals

Hospitals take fire in a fight over expanding the Oregon Health Plan
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April 7, 2009 -- In a sign of how much is at stake over a hospital provider tax, Oregon AFL-CIO and a coalition of labor groups, doctors and nurses launched a statewide radio ad campaign aimed  at hospitals called Save the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>
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OHSU Goes Rogue

OHSU Goes Rogue

Oregon Health and Science University goes where no hospital has dared to go: Support a 4 percent revenue tax
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April 7, 2009 -- Thus far hospitals across the state are following the lead of the state’s hospital association led by President Andy Davidson, even though smaller rural hospitals wouldn't face a provider tax. Read More >>
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