insurance

Washington Orders Regence to Cover Kids

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October 16, 2010 -- Washington's insurance commissioner filed a cease-and-desist order against the Regence Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies in Washington for not selling coverage to children while continuing to sell to adults. Read More >>

High Risk Pool Takes Over Where Regence Left Off

The board administering the program will ask the 2011 Legislature for permission to cover all children regardless of their health status
October 13, 2010 -- Now that Regence BlueCross BlueShield and HealthNet decided they won’t provide insurance to children, the state's high risk pool has sprung into action. Read More >>

OSPIRG Urges Regence to Reconsider Kid Policy

But Regence stands by its earlier decision and will not offer new individual policies to children under 19
September 28, 2010 -- OSPIRG, which takes on powerful interests on behalf of Oregonians, has asked Regence BlueCross BlueShield to reconsider its decision last week to stop covering new childrenon individual policies. Read More >>

Hospitals and PhRMA: Get Ready for Cost Cutting

Insurance executives gather in Portland to discuss the implications of federal health reform and find ways to control costs
September 28, 2010 -- No one denies that federal health reform is going to increase costs, but even the top ranking insurance executives in Oregon acknowledge they can’t quantify that number. Read More >>

Regence Draws White House Ire For Rate Increases

Massive rate hikes by Regence, which is refusing to insure new children, has drawn the attention of national figures
September 23, 2010 -- Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon and its parent company The Regence Group – which controls health plans in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah – are increasingly coming between the crosshairs of White House officials. Read More >>

Businesses Shift Premiums to Workers, Uninsured Rise

The latest figures show Oregon's uninsured rate is likely rising
September 22, 2010 -- The affordability of medical insurance cropped up this month as studies showed the number of uninsured Americans rose by 4.4 million and that employers are shifting the burden of rising premiums to workers. Read More >>

Turnout High for Insurance Exchange Talks

After a series of public forums the Oregon Health Authority is left with strong public engagement but little direct mandate
September 16, 2010 -- This time last year, a series of town hall meetings would have garnered far different reactions than the cordial tones state officials have encountered recently in a series of public forums around the state about healthcare reform. Read More >>

Oregon Insurers Double Profits From Last Year

Shedding members, padding surplus and increasing profits continued
September 1, 2010 -- Oregon’s eight largest health insurers continued to shed members and increase profits in the first six months of this year, based on the industry’s latest financial statements released by the Oregon Insurance Division. Read More >>

Coordination Marks Unprecedented Pilot

Program launched by 19 Oregon health organizations to lower healthcare premiums, increase quality of care for Oregonians with chronic conditions
August 31, 2010 – Fourteen medical groups, five health plans and four of the State’s purchasing groups in Oregon have launched an unprecedented pilot program designed to improve care and reduce costs for thousands of patients across the state. Read More >>

The Best Care Possible: You’re Worth It

August 25, 2010 -- I and many of my physician colleagues are tired, stressed, rushed and frustrated.  Federal healthcare reform may offer some distant relief to us, but today, it still seems miles away. Read More >>
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