Medicaid

Medicaid provides health care for tens of millions of low-income Americans. Now, for the first time, it's being used for housing and rent for people who are homeless or in danger of becoming so.

State health officials are checking to see whether kids in the state have been wrongly kicked off the free health care as they have been elsewhere.

The program is scheduled to launch in just 9 months. If approved, it will allow tens of thousands of people slated to lose Medicaid coverage to keep their free health care. But it is expected to drive premiums up for some others.

A state system that often blocks treatment, with contractors trained by YouTube videos assessing patients, is under review after a whistleblower complained.

A new state law will automatically add Medicaid recipients to state voter rolls, but only if the federal government allows the Oregon Health Authority to share data.

Secretary of State auditors recommend changes to provide equal prescription access to all Oregon Health Plan members.

The agency’s Ombuds Program report found a lack of residential treatment options for Oregon Health Plan members who need mental health or addiction treatment.

Many of the people who lost Medi-Cal are likely still eligible for health care coverage if they can get their paperwork to county offices in the next 90 days.

So far, more than three-fourths of the Oregonians reviewed for eligibility on the Oregon Health Plan have kept their benefits since the state started reviewing the status of the nearly 1.5 million people on Medicaid.

State officials say about 80% of the 1.5 million Oregon Health Plan members will keep coverage

If you are enrolled in Medi-Cal, as more than one-third of Californians are, make sure your county knows how to reach you, or you could lose your health coverage unnecessarily.

Oregon has until June 2024 to process eligibility redeterminations for all 1.5 million Oregon Health Plan and Children’s Health Insurance members. It’s the largest benefits renewal process the state has ever attempted. And it’s fraught with challenges.