In 1989, the state of Oregon embarked on a controversial experimentin the financing of health care. The state planned to add manyuninsured people to the Medicaid program and to pay for thisexpansion by reducing the Medicaid benefit package — morepeople would be covered, but for fewer services. The Oregonplan provides important lessons to a nation striving to expandhealth care coverage in an era of shrinking budgets.
At first, the Oregon plan made repeated headlines and provokedstrong criticism. "The Oregon plan will target a new group fordiscrimination — the seriously ill," wrote an . . . [Full Text of this Article]
History
The Accomplishments of the Oregon Health Plan
Managed Care under the Oregon Health Plan
The Prioritized List
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