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Oregon Healthcare Exchange Holds Promise for Consumers

Friday, January 13, 2012
By | Matt Orchant
Fellow

Consumers and small businesses may get better healthcare for lower costs if the Oregon Healthcare Exchange meets its potential.

Regence Rate Increase Hearing

Thursday, January 5, 2012
By | Matt Orchant
Fellow

Health insurance premiums are going up again. The latest request for a rate hike came from Regence for their small group plans. The average increase requested over the next year will be 8%, but some businesses will see increases in excess of 15%. At OSPIRG, we’re concerned that Regence has not adequately justified this increase request.

Latest Regence Health Insurance Rate Hike

Tuesday, May 3, 2011
By | Laura Etherton
Health Care Advocate

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon is proposing to raise rates an average of 22% on 60,000 Oregonians. This is the fifth straight year of double-digit rate hikes. But this year, something interesting is happening.

Holding health insurers accountable for costs

Tuesday, March 29, 2011
By | David Rosenfeld
Executive Director

What if health insurance companies had to stand before the public and clearly justify their rate hikes?

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