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Article: Legislation restricting health plan up for vote.(Legislature)(A panel sends the bill, which would maintain Medicaid coverage, to the House)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 14, 2003
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Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard
SALEM - A House panel approved a far-reaching rewrite of the Oregon Health Plan that will preserve medical coverage for the 350,000 low-income Oregonians who qualify for Medicaid - but ends coverage for an additional 150,000 people currently on the state plan.
The proposal, slated for a vote by the full House on Thursday, saves about $150 million by restricting coverage and efficiencies meant to mirror the types of limitations imposed by most employer-provided commercial health insurance plans.
"It looks like the insurance you and I buy every day," said Rep. Alan Bates, an Ashland Democrat and one of three ...