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Rich Pedroncelli/AP PhotoRoughly two million people rely on California’s health insurance marketplace, known as Covered California, to purchase coverage plans. The marketplace’s open enrollment period ends Jan. 31, but officials are reporting that new enrollment numbers are down compared to last year. -
J. Scott Applewhite/APOpen enrollment starts in November for people who don't get health insurance through their employer. Prices are up and government subsidies are in limbo this year.
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Congress remains gridlocked as federal lawmakers jockey over changes to health insurance policy that could affect nearly 140,000 Oregonians. -
Nearly 35,000 Oregonians who buy insurance through the state’s Affordable Care Act market will lose all financial help if enhanced tax credits aren’t extended. -
Faced with potential federal spending cuts that threaten health coverage and falling childhood vaccination rates, Monica Soni, the chief medical officer of Covered California, has a lot on her plate — and on her mind. -
California laws governing health insurance, access to abortion and health care for undocumented immigrants could be contested during a second Trump administration. -
State officials say Oregon’s relatively flat enrollment with its subsidized insurance marketplace website reflects success with other health care initiatives.
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The average Oregonian who buys health insurance on the individual marketplace will see costs increase 6.2% in 2024 after state regulators approved final rates. -
For years, consumer advocates and some legislators have been battling to rein in escalating health care costs. Now the state has created a new agency to limit future growth in health care costs — and it will have the power to enforce that mandate. -
A commission created by the Oregon Legislature has a September deadline to propose a plan for people at risk of losing Medicaid coverage. -
Using the hospital as the doctor's office is not uncommon in America. When you're low on cash and don't have insurance, visiting the emergency room is a… -
The Affordable Care Act--"Obamacare"--got health insurance for millions more people, but it is far from perfect. And that opinion is common even outside…
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President Obama has tried to fix a problem with the Affordable Care Act that’s become a growing political headache for his administration. In the process,… -
The end of the year is approaching, government health care websites are failing and people across Oregon are anxious about how the new health care reform…
