President Trump threatens Oregon with destruction of its Medicaid program. But he has one powerful option to improve it.
Oregon is uniquely threatened among states because Oregon’s Medicaid (the Oregon Health Plan or OHP) already faces financial extinction.
Oregon added more than 380,000 Medicaid patients under the aegis of the Affordable Care Act. Now we confront an annual shortfall of $350 million to pay for them, a shortfall rising to $500 million in 2020.
With defeat of Measure 97 and no…
President Trump threatens Oregon with destruction of its Medicaid program. But he has one powerful option to improve it.
Oregon is uniquely threatened among states because Oregon’s Medicaid (the Oregon Health Plan or OHP) already faces financial extinction.
Oregon added more than 380,000 Medicaid patients under the aegis of the Affordable Care Act. Now we confront an annual shortfall of $350 million to pay for them, a shortfall rising to $500 million in 2020.
With defeat of Measure 97 and no…