Oregon Health Plan

Oregon’s next governor will have to lead the state through difficult cuts to spending on the Oregon Health Plan.

Next year, the state will pay an average of nearly $630 more per member every month to the organizations arranging providers for the vast majority of the 1.4 million Oregonians covered by the Oregon Health Plan.

About 600,000 Oregon Health Plan members will soon receive a notice that Medicaid is about to change. In Oregon, that means some people will need to renew their coverage every six months instead of every two years. Many between the ages of 19 and 64 will also need to prove they work or volunteer.

State regulators are also considering enrollment caps for certain plans to promote "marketwide financial stability."

Programs like SNAP and Medicaid are facing hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts. It’s unclear how state leaders will fill the gap.

The cuts are just the beginning. The hole in the state’s budget will double as federal funding phases out over time.

Twenty-five Democratic-led states plus the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration over its new work requirements for people who get their health insurance through Medicaid.

A free Oregon health care program for adults who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid could have improperly given out $15 million in payments related to benefits for recipients, according to a recent audit of state-managed federal programs.

Data privacy concerns, increasing immigration enforcement impacting enrollment in Healthier Oregon

A new law is aimed at supporting doula and lactation workers, but many say the success of those reforms depends on whether the state can fix persistent payment problems

A group of financial stakeholders is meeting regularly to advise the governor on how to prepare for reduced federal funding for Medicaid. The program is funded by taxpayers and insures one in three Oregonians.

‘It’s going to be bad for people with disabilities.’