Make Health Care Work for Oregon Reports

Report | OSPIRG Foundation | Health Care

Comments on PacificSource's Small Business Rate Hike Proposal

PacificSource is proposing to increase rates 5.56% on average, affecting 35,224 Oregonians enrolled in small business plans. If approved, this rate increase will have wide ranging impacts. Most enrollees will see increases of between 6% and 10%. Some will see increases of up to 11.2%. Over 27% will see increases of between 8% and 14%.

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Comments on Regence's Rate Hike Proposal

We are concerned that Regence BlueCross BlueShield (Regence) has not adequately justified its proposal for a rate increase impacting 47,806 Oregonians with coverage through a small business employer.

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Report | OSPIRG Foundation | Health Care

Making the Grade

By providing better options and better information, and negotiating on behalf of its enrollees, the exchange can level the playing field for consumers.

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Report | OSPIRG Foundation | Health Care

Making the Grade

By providing better options and better information, and negotiating on behalf of its enrollees, the exchange can level the playing field for consumers.

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Report | OSPIRG Foundation | Health Care

Comments on ODS Health Plan's Proposal to Increase Rates 9.94%

ODS Health Plan (ODS) is proposing to raise rates an average of 9.94%, impacting 26,333 Oregon consumers and families with individual plans, effective November 1, 2011. The nearly 10% rate increase comes after two back-to-back years of increases exceeding 17%. If approved, the average rate will have increased 52% for individual policyholders over the last three years.

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Comments on Regence Proposal to Increase Rates 22%

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (Regence) is proposing to raise rates an average of 22.1% on individual plans. These are plans for people who do not have employer-based coverage. If approved, this rate increase will impact 59,477 Oregonians effective August 1, 2011.

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OSPIRG Statewide Vice-Chair and SOU Chapter Chair, Tommy Letchworth, with State Senator Alan Bates after their panel discussing how to reduce the influence of money in politics.
Lane Community College student Bill Shook works to ban plastic water bottles on campus.
Students at Southern Oregon University gather petitions to reduce plastic bag usage in the city of Ashland.
University of Oregon students and staff remind their peers to turn in their ballots on election day.
University of Oregon students with Oregon Attorney General John Kroger.
Fast Trains ARE Cool.
Students volunteer at a local garden for the National Hunger Cleanup.
Southern Oregon University campaign coordinators presenting their campaigns at the fall 2011 kickoff meeting.
Students campaign for High Speed Rail.
ASUO President Ben Eckstein speaks at the UO kickoff meeting.
UO Chapter Chair, Charles Denson, interviewed by the local news regarding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Plastic Bag Monster fights the UO Ducks. Go Ducks!
Katie Taylor speaking at the Lane Community College kickoff meeting.
Students travel to Washington D.C.
Fall 2011 Board of Directors.
We collect petition signatures - lots of them!
Power Shift West 2009 organizers with State Representative Jefferson Smith.
Power Shift West 2011 keynote address.
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