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2025 Oregon Snapshot
The Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were selected […]
Read MoreOregon Bans Medical Debt from Appearing on Credit Reports
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed three significant consumer protection bills into law, reports KEZI News. Among these, Senate Bill 605 bans medical debt from appearing on consumer credit reports in the state, a move that aims to shield Oregonians from the long-lasting financial consequences that medical bills can create. By ensuring that unpaid medical debt will no longer impact […]
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A survey of more than 1,400 Oregon adults, conducted from June 6 to June 17, 2024, found that: Altarum’s Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) is designed to elicit respondents’ unbiased views on a wide range of health system issues, including confidence using the health system, financial burden and views on fixes that might be […]
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The Health Care Value Hub’s 2026 Health Care Affordability State Policy Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders with a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The Snapshot explores policies impacting health care affordability across four domains: Policies were selected based on whether they have the potential to impact […]
Read MoreOregon Extends Medicaid Coverage and Enhanced Benefits to More Young Adults
Oregon has extended its Medicaid program to cover young adults with special health care needs, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The Young Adults with Special Health Care Needs (YSHCN) benefits extend coverage to young adults ages 19-20 who meet income and health care needs requirements, ranging from physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities to complex […]
Read MoreOregon Medicaid Covers Traditional Native American Healing Practices
Oregon’s Medicaid program has expanded to include coverage for traditional Native American healing practices, reports Oregon Public Broadcasting. Passed under the Biden Administration effective October 2024, the expansion includes practices such as sweat lodges and drumming.
Read MoreOregon Snapshot 2024
The 2024 Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were […]
Read MoreFederal Court Rejects Challenge to Oregon’s Health Care Transaction Review Law
This article examines the litigation on Oregon HB 2362, which was contested by the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems in federal district court in Oregon. The OAHHS argued the law was unconstitutionally vague and delegates too much authority to the Oregon Health Authority. The federal district court dismissed the vagueness claims, and declined to rule […]
Read MoreOregon’s Hospital Price Cap Policy Cuts Patients’ Out-of-Pocket Costs, Bumps Utilization
An Oregon policy capping maximum hospital payments appeared to reduce patients’ out-of- pocket spending, though its state health plan’s savings were fettered by a resulting increase in utilization, reports Fierce Healthcare. Starting in October 2019, a state law applying to 24 of Oregon’s largest hospitals and members of the Oregon State Employee plan began restricting […]
Read MoreOregon Survey Respondents Bear Health Care Affordability Burdens Unequally; Distrust of/Disrespect by Health Care Providers Leads Some to Delay/Go Without Needed Care
Key Findings A survey of more than 1,400 Oregon adults, conducted from June 6 to June 17, 2024, found that: Difference in Affordability Burdens & Concerns Race and Ethnicity Health disparities and a lack of affordable care negatively impact many communities of color, particularly Black, Hispanic and Latino communities.1,2 Oregon respondents of color reported higher rates […]
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