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Article: New Figures May Force Cuts in Oregon Health Plan.
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- July 11, 2003
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By David Steves, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 11--SALEM, Ore.--Despite months of brainstorming and bill-writing to save more than $100 million in Oregon Health Plan costs, lawmakers are learning that the savings are vanishing into thin air.
Newly calculated figures by state analysts show that instead of saving $100 million by pushing most Oregon Health Plan enrollees into managed care, such a move will actually cost the state $43 million over two years.
And a shift to a less generous benefits package -- once thought likely to save the state $25 million a month -- now has been calculated to save ...