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Providence to end most of its health insurance business

While the nonprofit is negotiating with a national carrier over the operation of its Medicare Advantage plan, a majority of its health insurance business will wind down by 2027. Providence will ...
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Oregon makes birth control easily accessible to Medicaid recipients

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday announced new efforts to break down barriers to birth control for recipients of Medicaid, operated in the state as the Oregon Health Plan.
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Oregon’s Medicaid Experiment: Coverage Is The First Step

As a longtime physician, I know that having access to stable, affordable health coverage is a critical step in achieving better health outcomes. That view is underscored in a study that appeared in ...
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Oregon's biggest Medicaid insurer is cutting thousands of behavioral health clients loose from their providers

Beginning in less than two months, Oregon's largest Medicaid insurer will drop behavioral health service providers currently treating thousands of patients throughout the state, leaving those patients ...
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First round of disenrollments looms as Oregon pores through its Medicaid rolls

More than 24,000 Oregonians will lose access to the free health care coverage provided under the Oregon Health Plan later this month. It’s the first wave of disenrollments to result from the renewal ...