Health Insurance

The district says Thursday was the cutoff for teachers needing to return to the classroom to be eligible for December benefits. But they expect teachers to still have coverage. Here’s why.

Members of the Service Employees International Union returned to work at 6 a.m. Saturday. A second Kaiser strike, which has shuttered several pharmacies in Oregon, continues.

The Oregon Employment Department announced Wednesday that Paid Leave Oregon is on track to begin next month, and people can start signing up for benefits Monday.

The new program would provide more poor adult Oregonians with stable, publicly funded healthcare, but it comes at the cost of some middle-class families paying more for private health insurance each month.

Oregon has until June 2024 to process eligibility redeterminations for all 1.5 million Oregon Health Plan and Children’s Health Insurance members. It’s the largest benefits renewal process the state has ever attempted. And it’s fraught with challenges.

A commission created by the Oregon Legislature has a September deadline to propose a plan for people at risk of losing Medicaid coverage.

In a new federal waiver request, Oregon joins a handful of states asking to spend Medicaid dollars on some people in jail and prison, in spite of a longstanding ban. And in a national first, Oregon has proposed keeping kids continuously enrolled through their sixth birthday.

Officials say 142,783 Oregonians have enrolled so far on the Oregon health insurance marketplace. That’s a slight uptick from 141,089 at the same time last year for 2021 coverage.

Two rural counties in Washington may have limited health care options next year. Insurance providers say they won't serve Grays Harbor or Klickitat counties in 2018.

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