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B
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e Moun
t
a
in E
ag
l
e
W
edn
e
sd
ay
, S
ep
t
emb
e
r 23
, 2015
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r
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on t
e
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in
g M
ed
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id en
r
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en
t s
y
s
t
em
By H
i
l
la
ry Bo
r
rud
C
ap
i
t
a
l Bu
r
e
au
O
regon i
s te
s
t
ing a mod
-
i
f
ied ve
r
s
ion o
f Ken
tucky
’
s
on
l
ine Med
ica
id en
ro
l
lmen
t
sy
s
tem and o
f
f
ic
ia
l
s hope i
t
w
i
l
l be ready fo
r the pub
l
ic
to u
se in ea
r
ly 2016
.
Tha
t mean
s O
regon m
igh
t
f
ina
l
ly be ab
le to au
toma
te
i
t
s p
roce
s
s to sc
reen app
l
i
-
can
t
s fo
r Med
ica
id e
l
ig
ib
i
l
i
-
ty and en
ro
l
l them in the p
ro
-
g
ram
, two o
f the func
t
ion
s
tha
t we
re suppo
sed to be in
-
c
luded in the Cove
r O
regon
hea
l
th in
su
rance exchange
po
r
ta
l
. Tha
t sy
s
tem fa
i
led to
launch in 2013
, so the O
r
-
egon Hea
l
th Au
tho
r
i
ty ha
s
in
s
tead u
sed an on
l
ine PDF
app
l
ica
t
ion to mee
t the fed
-
e
ra
l requ
i
remen
t tha
t s
ta
te
s
prov
ide an on
l
ine Med
ica
id
app
l
ica
t
ion
.
The
re a
re cu
r
ren
t
ly mo
re
than 1 m
i
l
l
ion low
-
income
O
regon
ian
s en
ro
l
led in the
O
regon Hea
l
th P
lan
, wh
ich
i
s the s
ta
te
’
s Med
ica
id p
ro
-
g
ram
. The s
ta
te s
t
i
l
l emp
loy
s
hund
red
s o
f l
im
i
ted
-du
ra
t
ion
s
ta
f
f to manua
l
ly de
te
rm
ine
Med
ica
id app
l
ican
t
s
’ e
l
ig
i
-
bi
l
i
ty and en
ro
l
l them in the
prog
ram
.
A
l
though Ken
tucky p
ro
-
v
ided i
t
s p
rog
ramm
ing code
to O
regon fo
r f
ree
, s
ta
te
agenc
ie
s in O
regon have
budge
ted app
rox
ima
te
ly
$62 m
i
l
l
ion to adap
t the
prog
ram and imp
lemen
t i
t
he
re
, acco
rd
ing to S
tepha
-
n
ie T
r
ipp
, a spoke
swoman
fo
r the O
regon Hea
l
th Au
-
tho
r
i
ty
. The budge
t inc
lude
s
the co
s
t o
f a con
t
rac
t w
i
th
De
lo
i
t
te Con
su
l
t
ing
, wh
ich
i
s wo
rk
ing w
i
th s
ta
te em
-
ployee
s to make ad
ju
s
tmen
t
s
to the Ken
tucky sy
s
tem
.
O
regon is us
ing the fede
ra
l hea
l
th insu
rance exchange
, Hea
l
thca
re
.gov
, seen above
, fo
r peop
le seek
ing
p
r
iva
te insu
rance
, and w
i
l
l con
t
inue to do so f
ree o
f cha
rge th
rough 2016
.
The s
ta
te and con
su
l
tan
t a
re
te
s
t
ing O
regon
’
s ve
r
s
ion
o
f the sy
s
tem and w
i
l
l a
l
so
deve
lop a t
ra
in
ing p
lan fo
r
s
ta
te s
ta
f
f who w
i
l
l u
se the
techno
logy
.
“W
e expec
t the sy
s
tem to
become ava
i
lab
le to O
rego
-
n
ian
s who a
re app
ly
ing fo
r
(
the O
regon Hea
l
th P
lan
)
fo
r the f
i
r
s
t t
ime in ea
r
ly
2016
,” T
r
ipp w
ro
te in an
ema
i
l
. “Howeve
r
, fo
r O
rego
-
n
ian
s who a
re cu
r
ren
t OHP
membe
r
s
, they w
i
l
l be a
sked
to renew the
i
r cove
rage
th
rough ou
r cu
r
ren
t renewa
l
p
roce
s
s
.”
O
regon i
s u
s
ing the fed
-
e
ra
l hea
l
th in
su
rance ex
-
change
, Hea
l
thca
re
.gov
, fo
r
peop
le seek
ing p
r
iva
te in
-
su
rance
, and w
i
l
l con
t
inue to
do so f
ree o
f cha
rge th
rough
2016
.
The O
regon Depa
r
tmen
t
o
f Con
sume
r and Bu
s
ine
s
s
Se
rv
ice
s
, wh
ich took ove
r
managemen
t o
f O
regon
’
s
hea
l
th in
su
rance ma
rke
t
-
p
lace in Ju
ly
, wa
s unab
le to
p
rov
ide an upda
ted to
ta
l co
s
t
fo
r the Cove
r O
regon p
ro
jec
t
by dead
l
ine th
i
s week
. How
-
eve
r
, The A
s
soc
ia
ted P
re
s
s
repo
r
ted ea
r
ly th
i
s yea
r tha
t
O
regon spen
t $300 m
i
l
l
ion
in fede
ra
l money and a
t lea
s
t
$26 m
i
l
l
ion in s
ta
te fund
s to
deve
lop and ma
rke
t the Cov
-
e
r O
regon exchange
. Mo
s
t
o
f the fede
ra
l money wen
t
to tech company O
rac
le
wh
ich bu
i
l
t the exchange
.
O
regon a
l
so spen
t m
i
l
l
ion
s
o
f do
l
la
r
s a
s
se
s
s
ing whe
ther
i
t cou
ld sa
lvage the Cove
r
O
regon exchange
, and had
spen
t $9
.1 m
i
l
l
ion by the
end o
f 2014 fo
r hund
red
s
o
f wo
rke
r
s to p
roce
s
s paper
hea
l
th in
su
rance app
l
ica
-
t
ion
s
, The A
s
soc
ia
ted P
re
s
s
repo
r
ted
.
S
ince then
, lawmake
r
s
app
roved a $30
.5 m
i
l
l
ion
two
-yea
r budge
t fo
r the De
-
pa
r
tmen
t o
f Con
sume
r and
Bu
s
ine
s
s Se
rv
ice
s to man
-
age the exchange and a $2
.3
m
i
l
l
ion two
-yea
r budge
t to
ma
rke
t and p
romo
te the in
-
su
rance web
s
i
te
s
.
The s
ta
te ha
s con
t
in
-
ued to pay O
rac
le to u
se a
po
r
t
ion o
f the Cove
r O
re
-
gon sy
s
tem to a
l
low on
l
ine
Med
ica
id app
l
ica
t
ion
s
. That
co
s
t wa
s unava
i
lab
le
, and
i
t
’
s a
l
so unc
lea
r whe
the
r the
s
ta
te can s
top pay
ing O
ra
-
c
le a
f
te
r O
regon comp
le
te
s
the t
ran
s
i
t
ion to Ken
tucky
’
s
sy
s
tem
.
The s
ta
te ha
s spen
t at
lea
s
t $4
.6 m
i
l
l
ion on lega
l
se
rv
ice
s
, mo
s
t
ly to de
fen
d
the s
ta
te aga
in
s
t law
su
i
t
s
f
i
led by O
rac
le and to pu
r
-
sue i
t
s own law
su
i
t aga
in
s
t
the company
, acco
rd
ing to
documen
t
s p
rov
ided by the
O
regon Depa
r
tmen
t o
f Ju
s
-
t
ice and O
regon Hou
se Re
-
pub
l
ican
s
. O
regon ha
s a
l
so
incu
r
red some o
f i
t
s lega
l
b
i
l
l
s re
spond
ing to inqu
i
r
ie
s
f
rom Cong
re
s
s and the U
.S
.
Depa
r
tmen
t o
f Ju
s
t
ice
.
Church Serv
ices In Gran
t Coun
ty