Even before the election, the Oregon Health Authority faced a $1 billion budget hole in the next biennium and a decrease in federal support for Medicaid.
Add to that an incoming administration and Republican-controlled Congress that are hostile to Obamacare — along with the defeat of Measure 97, which could have directed funding OHA's way — and scenarios for Medicaid's future appear grim.
But OHA Director Lynne Saxton isn’t dwelling on worst-case scenarios.
“We had already prepared for…
Even before the election, the Oregon Health Authority faced a $1 billion budget hole in the next biennium and a decrease in federal support for Medicaid.
Add to that an incoming administration and Republican-controlled Congress that are hostile to Obamacare — along with the defeat of Measure 97, which could have directed funding OHA's way — and scenarios for Medicaid's future appear grim.
But OHA Director Lynne Saxton isn’t dwelling on worst-case scenarios.
“We had already prepared for…