PORTLAND — Oregon approved taxes on hospitals, health insurers and managed care companies in an unusual special election Tuesday that asked voters — and not lawmakers — how to pay for Medicaid costs that now include coverage of hundreds of thousands of low-income residents added to the program’s rolls under the Affordable Care Act.
Oregon voters roundly approved temporary taxes to fund health care for low-income individual and families in a statewide ballot initiative election Tuesday night.
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Patients who use medical marijuana for pain and other chronic symptoms can take an unwanted hit: Insurers don’t cover the treatment, which costs as much as $1,000 a month.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid expect costs to climb more than 3 percent Medicare Advantage customers may not see the drastic benefit cuts or premium hikes next year that insurers have been warning about after all.
