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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
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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
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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.
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