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Oregon Health Plan invites 2,000 on reservation list to join
About 2,000 Oregonians will receive application packets in the mail this month for the Oregon Health Plan.
They are among those whose names were in the first drawing for the health plan reservation list. The packet mailing is part of the process to bring 35,000 adults into the health plan.
“Once a person’s name is drawn they can apply for coverage and, if they are eligible, they will be enrolled into the Oregon Health Plan,” says Judy Mohr Peterson, director of the Division of Medical Assistance Programs. “This coverage will mean they can receive the basic medical care and treatments that people who have coverage take for granted.”
A health care provider tax adopted by the 2009 Legislature provided funding to add 35,000 low-income Oregon adults to the health plan. Because there are an estimated 140,000 Oregonians who qualify for the plan based on income, the state created a reservation list and will hold monthly drawings to invite people from the list to sign up for the plan.
The next drawing will be March 1. To be added to the reservation list, low-income Oregonians should call 1-800-699-9075 or 711 for TTY service. Oregonians can also register on the Web site at www.ohplist.oregon.gov.
Eligibility is based on strict income limits of less than 100 percent of the federal poverty level, which is based on the number of people in a household. For example, the limit is $903 for an individual or $1,526 for a family of three.
The Oregon Health Plan’s standard covers physician services, prescription drugs, mental health and chemical dependency treatment, emergency medical services and limited dental, hospital and vision services. Monthly premiums for adults range from free to $20, depending on income and household size.
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Re: Oregon Health Plan invites 2,000 on reservation list to join
I guess if you work for the goverment you do take EVERYTHING for granted becuase you don't pay for it.
"PO'ed in Oregon"
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Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM
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How about the OHP members who already have an HMO plan, how is that possible? Ridiculous!!!
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Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:12 AM
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While my husband was unemployed for a short while last year, my family was lucky enough to recieve OHP. We have always had insurance through my or my husbands employer and I am Thankful that we were lucky enough to recieve this much needed benefit. We have a child who takes medication that is quite expensive. Without the OHP we would have had to pay over $330.00 a month for his prescriptions alone. I have learned that what I usually have taken for granted is a right that all citizens deserve. EVERYONE should have the right to basic healthcare. My husband has found employment and we are again blessed with health insurance, but the experience sure changed my view and appreciation of this very basic need and right.
"Noelle"
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Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:48 PM
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I work in an emergency room of a large Portland hospital. I see a large number of people on The Oregon Health Plan using the ER for their basic health care. If I come to the ER, I have a $150 co-pay. The ER is the most expensive place to receive care but not if someone else is paying for it.
"Ron"
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Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 05:57 PM
Re: Oregon Health Plan invites 2,000 on reservation list to join
Glad these people can get their piece of the pie - with my healthcare premiums skyrocketing, I can't afford to get sick. I can barely afford the premiums. But, our legislature now requires that insurance provide smoking cessation programs - great! Another mandate from the idiots in Salem, that made my insurance go up, for something I didn't want! Thank-you. Oh, and thank-you for making insurance cover something I didn't want, and making my rates go up. Now, you can demonize the evil insurance companies and use it as an excuse to jam more government healthcare onto us all! Lottery! What a hoot. Why don't y'all just worry about your selves and leave us poor citizens alone! Tyranny of the majority!
"john galt"
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Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 03:37 PM
Re: Oregon Health Plan invites 2,000 on reservation list to join
Nice to see our wonderful Oregon Government taking from one group of low income, the disabled to be exact, and giving it to the non-disabled.
A few months ago I recieved a notice in the mail that OHP Plus will no longer cover many dental services including dentures, and that our optical coverage will be eliminated.
As a disabled Oregonian on SSI how am I to afford new glasses when I need them, How am I to afford New Dentures when I need them?
Gee Thanks Oregon, Nice to see that the Disabled Citizens of this state don't deserve these "Basic Needs."
"Disabled Oregonian"
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Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 05:05 PM
Re: Oregon Health Plan invites 2,000 on reservation list to join
Nice to see our wonderful Oregon Government taking from one group of low income, the disabled to be exact, and giving it to the non-disabled.
A few months ago I recieved a notice in the mail that OHP Plus will no longer cover many dental services including dentures, and that our optical coverage will be eliminated.
As a disabled Oregonian on SSI how am I to afford new glasses when I need them, How am I to afford New Dentures when I need them?
Gee Thanks Oregon, Nice to see that the Disabled Citizens of this state don't deserve these "Basic Needs."
"Disabled Oregonian"
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Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 05:06 PM
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Re: Oregon Health Plan invites 2,000 on reservation list to join
"says Judy Mohr Peterson, director of the Division of Medical Assistance Programs. “This coverage will mean they can receive the basic medical care and treatments that people who have coverage take for granted.”
People who have coverage and also pay for their coverage out of their own pockets hardly take it for granted when the premium comes due every month. This is an arrogant sounding statement by a government official trying to pit the so called "haves" vs. the "have nots".
I am just delighted that my hard earned tax dollars provide dental and vision insurance coverage to others when I am unable to afford those same policy premiums for myself. I have nothing against helping the truly downtrodden, but government is going way too far these days in redefining basic needs for the low/no income people at standards above those that the typical taxpayer is able to provide for him/her self.
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Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 08:11 AM