Datawatch: Raising Premiums And Other Costs For Oregon Health Plan Enrollees Drove Many To Drop Out

• Published in: Health affairs (Millwood, Va.) Vol. 29; no. 12; pp. 2311 - 2316
• Main Authors: Wright, Bill J, Carlson, Matthew J, Allen, Heidi, Holmgren, Alyssa L, Rustvold, D Leif
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Cost sharing; Economic stabilization; Health policy; Medical service; Oregon

The Oregon Health Plan was created to be a sustainable program that could weather budgetary storms without having to cut enrollees from Medicaid. A 2003 redesign of the program increased premiums, raised cost sharing, and imposed rigid premium payment deadlines for members in the "Standard"...