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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 Oregon testing Medicaid enrollment system By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau 2reJon is testinJ a mod i¿ ed Yersion of .entucNy¶s online 0edicaid enrollment system and of¿ cials hope it Zill be ready for the public to use early ne[t year . That means 2reJon miJht ¿ nally be able to automate its process to screen appli cants for 0edicaid eliJibility and enroll them in the pro Jram, tZo of the functions that Zere supposed to be in cluded in the CoYer 2reJon health insurance e[chanJe portal. That system failed to launch in , so the 2r eJon +ealth Authority has instead used an online 3D) application to meet the fed eral requirement that states proYide an online 0edicaid application. There are currently more than million loZincome 2reJonians enrolled in the 2reJon +ealth 3lan, Zhich is the state¶s 0edicaid pro Jram. The state still employs hundreds of limitedduration staff to manually determine 0edicaid applicants¶ eliJi bility and enroll them in the proJram. State will adapt Kentucky program AlthouJh .entucNy pro Yided its proJramminJ code to 2reJon for free, state aJencies in 2reJon haYe budJeted appro[imately 6 million to adapt the proJram and implement it here, ac cordinJ to 6tephanie Tripp, a spoNesZoman for the 2reJon +ealth Authority. The budJet includes the cost of a contract Zith Deloitte ConsultinJ, Zhich is ZorNinJ Zith state employees to maNe adMust ments to the .entucNy sys tem. The state and consultant are testinJ 2reJon¶s Yersion of the system and Zill also deYelop a traininJ plan for state staff Zho Zill use the technoloJy. ³:e e[pect the system to become aYailable to 2reJo nians Zho are applyinJ for the 2reJon +ealth 3lan for the ¿ rst time in early 6,´ Tripp Zrote in an email. ³+oZeYer, for 2reJonians Zho are current 2+3 mem bers, they Zill be asNed to reneZ their coYeraJe throuJh our current reneZal process.´ 2reJon is usinJ the feder al health insurance e[chanJe, +ealthcare.JoY, for people seeNinJ priYate insurance, and Zill continue to do so free of charJe throuJh 6. Costly exchange The 2reJon Department of Consumer and %usiness 6erYices, Zhich tooN oYer manaJement of 2reJon¶s health insurance marNetplace in -uly, Zas unable to proYide an updated total cost for the CoYer 2reJon proMect . +oZ eYer, The Associated 3ress reported early this year that 2reJon spent million in federal money and at least 6 million in state funds to deYelop and marNet the CoY er 2reJon e[chanJe. 0ost of the federal money Zent to tech company 2racle Zhich built the e[chanJe. 2reJon also spent millions of dollars assessinJ Zhether it could salYaJe the CoYer 2reJon e[chanJe, and had spent . million by the end of for hundreds of ZorNers to process paper health insur ance applications, The Asso ciated 3ress reported. 6ince then, laZmaNers approYed a . million tZoyear budJet for the De partment of Consumer and %usiness 6erYices to man aJe the e[chanJe and a . million tZoyear budJet to marNet and promote the in surance Zebsites. The state has continued to pay Oracle to use a portion of the CoYer OreJon system to alloZ online 0edicaid applications. That cost Zas unaYailable, and it¶s also un clear Zhether the state can stop payinJ Oracle after Or eJon completes the transition to .entucNy¶s system. The state has spent at least .6 million on leJal ser vices, mostly to defend the state aJainst laZsuits ¿ led by Oracle and to pursue its oZn laZsuit aJainst the company, accordinJ documents provid ed by the OreJon Department of -ustice and OreJon +ouse 5epublicans. OreJon has also incurred some of its leJal bills respondinJ to inquiries from ConJress and the 8.6. Department of Justice. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. /ocal residents celebrate JeZish +iJh +oly Days <om .ippur observances to be held in Astoria By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group The %eit 6almon JeZish conJreJation provides mem bers of the / oZer Columbia community the opportunity to participate in <om .ippur closer to home this year, Zith services in Astoria. 5abbi Abram *oodstein Zill lead the services at 3eace /utheran Church at th and ([chanJe streets. .ol 1idrei on (rev <om .ippur startinJ at toniJht. 0orninJ services :ednesday start at a.m. There Zill be a n afternoon breaN, Zith te[t study at p.m., folloZed by closinJ ser vices at . The conJreJation Zill ³breaN the fast´ Zith a dinner at 6 p.m. 3artici pants are encouraJed to brinJ food to share for the celebra tion. <om .ippur is the second of the JeZish hiJh holidays that taNe place durinJ the month of Tishrei. ,t folloZs 5osh +ashana , the JeZish 1eZ <ear, Zhich beJan 6ept. , days before <om .ip pur. ³This is Nind of the last chance to be JeZish for the ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Partly cloudy 47° Wednesday Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs The Dalles 47/80 Astoria 47/68 Portland 48/75 Corvallis 39/76 Eugene 40/78 Pendleton 47/74 Salem 43/76 Albany 40/75 Thursday Burns 37/78 Medford 47/82 Clouds limiting sun Ontario 48/84 Bend 38/73 Klamath Falls 36/77 An afternoon shower Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 68° 53° Friday 53° Saturday Mainly cloudy with a little rain 66° 69° 50° Periods of clouds and sunshine 65° 50° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High ........................................... 66° Low ............................................ 47° Normal high ............................... 67° Normal low ................................. 49° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 1.98" Normal month to date ............. 1.34" Year to date ........................... 31.09" Normal year to date .............. 39.44" Sunset tonight .................. 7:14 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday ......... 7:03 a.m. Moonrise today ................ 3:43 p.m. Moonset today ............... 12:36 a.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 78 39 s 73 38 s 66 49 s 73 40 s 63 51 pc 80 36 s 81 47 s 62 45 pc 64 47 s Last New First Sep 27 Oct 4 Oct 12 Oct 20 Public meetings Under the Sky Wed. Hi Lo W 77 36 s 73 44 s 66 52 pc 78 46 pc 64 57 c 77 37 s 82 51 s 66 51 pc 68 52 pc National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 79 64 t Boston 67 54 c Chicago 77 57 s Denver 83 54 pc Des Moines 85 65 pc Detroit 75 52 s El Paso 85 66 t Fairbanks 41 23 c Honolulu 89 77 pc Indianapolis 80 54 s Kansas City 85 66 pc Las Vegas 96 73 pc Los Angeles 83 68 pc Memphis 87 62 s Miami 87 76 pc Nashville 84 58 s New Orleans 87 73 s New York 74 60 c Oklahoma City 90 67 pc Philadelphia 76 59 c St. Louis 84 62 s Salt Lake City 87 60 pc San Francisco 69 55 pc Seattle 66 48 pc Washington, DC 75 61 c Full City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 68 42 pc 75 47 s 71 48 pc 75 45 s 72 43 pc 64 47 pc 73 45 pc 69 44 pc 79 39 pc Wed. Hi Lo W 70 47 pc 74 46 s 75 53 pc 81 50 s 76 50 pc 66 54 c 70 45 pc 72 51 pc 78 44 pc Tonight's Sky: Above the northeast horizon, the Andromeda Galaxy is a distance of 2.5 million light-years away. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 10:28 a.m. 6.5 ft. 9:51 p.m. 7.6 ft. Time 3:52 a.m. 4:03 p.m. Low 0.5 ft. 2.5 ft. TUESDAY Clatsop Care Health District Board, noon, &lat sop &are &enter, th 6t. Astoria Library Board, p.m., Astoria 3ublic /i brary )laJ 5oom, th 6t. Seaside Airport Adviso- ry Committee, 6 p.m., City +all, %roadZay, 6easide. WEDNESDAY Clatsop County Housing Authority Board, p.m., -udJe *uy %oyinJton %uild inJ, Commercial 6t. Astoria Parks and Rec- reation Board, p.m., :. 0arine DriYe. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., -udJe *uy %oyinJton %uild inJ, Commercial 6t. Lotteries Tomorrow’s National Weather Wed. Hi Lo W 81 65 pc 73 59 s 77 56 s 85 52 pc 82 63 t 78 56 s 87 66 t 41 23 c 88 76 sh 81 58 s 83 64 pc 97 76 s 85 67 pc 88 67 s 86 76 pc 86 62 s 84 74 pc 80 62 s 88 64 pc 80 60 s 85 62 s 86 59 s 73 56 s 69 54 pc 80 61 s year,´ %eit 6almon %oard In the past, many families able, also traveled alonJ the 3resident Ann *oldeen said. had to drive to 3ortland for 1orth Coast to meet individ “These holidays are very rich. services, and some locals still ually Zith families, *oldeen They¶re reZardinJ. There¶s belonJ to conJreJations in said. 6ince he left, the Jroup somethinJ meaty in them.´ other cities. DurinJ the past <om .ippur, the Day of year, %eit 6almon started the has tried sustaininJ monthly Atonement, is about repent process of becominJ an of¿ 6habbat services, but *ol deen said she inJ and re Zould liNe À ectinJ over to see other the past year, pro J rams, restorinJ rela ‘This is kind of the such as the tionships that youth Jroup Zere harmed last chance to be and +ebreZ and e[amin Jewish for the year.’ school, con inJ one¶s life tinue, as Zell. throuJh in Ann Goldeen Another part trospection, Beit Salmon Board President of maNinJ the accordinJ to Jroup sus *oldeen. tainable Zas The open inJ prayer, .ol 1idrei, is “an cial conJreJation by selectinJ to maNe <om .ippur services annulment of every promise a title, establishinJ a board more accessible to the / oZer you¶ve made´ in the past year, and bylaZs and ZorNinJ to Columbia JeZish community. /ast year, *oldeen opened *oldeen said. ConJreJants Zard becominJ a c. fast throuJhout <om .ippur, The conJreJation À uctuates her home for services, but Zhich *oldeen believes is an but averaJes about fami the %eit 6almon board Zant important part of observinJ lies of various si]es, *oldeen ed a larJer space . The Jroup raised the necessary funds to the solemn holiday. said. “,t really helps you Jo to a %eit 6almon Zas live brinJ *oldstein bacN to lead different plane,´ she said. ly durinJ the summer. :ith the services. *oldeen hopes ConJreJants can attend 5abbi *oldstein in residency the hiJh holidays and *old for a portion of the services on the 1orth Coast, the Jroup stein¶s presence Zill help the or stay all day. The services did an activity nearly every Jroup refocus to continue de conclude Zith the “biJ blast´ day, *oldeen said. There Zas velopinJ and becominJ more of a shofar, or ram¶s horn. The a +ebreZ school proJram for sustainable in the neZ year. %eit 6almon¶s partnership communal meal to breaN the youth aJes to , a youth fast is Jenerally held at sun Jroup , Torah study and a Ju Zith 3eace /utheran Church doZn, or Zhen at least three daism class, amonJ oth has ZorNed out Zell, as the stars are visible in the sNy, er activities. *oldstein, Zho church alloZs the Jroup to *oldeen said. attends +ebreZ 8nion Col store its materials and use At the close of the holiday, leJe¶s JacN +. 6Nirball Cam its facilities. +oZever, the it is commonly believed con pus in /os AnJeles and has an Jroup is interested in JettinJ JreJants are “sealed for the interest in helpinJ rural JeZ an established facility in the ne[t year,´ she said. ish communities be sustain future, *oldeen said. Fronts Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-Storms -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Rain Flurries Snow Ice Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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