Oregon Health Insurance

How healthy is living
in Oregon?

Oregon is tied with Washington as the 13th healthiest state in the 2012 edition of America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.

The good news:

• The percentage of people with health insurance decreased from 16.8 percent in 2011 to 14.9 percent in 2012.
• Preventable hospitalizations have decreased, and Oregon has the third-lowest rate in the nation.

The bad news:

• While the high school graduation rate has increased over the past few years, Oregon ranks in the bottom half of states.
• Oregon's immunization rate of 85.7 percent lags most other states.

Oregon's best and worst category rankings:

• Infant Mortality – 2nd
• Preventable Hospitalizations – 3rd
• Low Birth Weight – 4th
• Sedentary Lifestyle – 4th
• Public Health Funding – 35th
• Poor Physical Health Days – 45th
• Immunization Coverage – 47th

more details

• See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Oregon.
• Trust for America's Health ia another source for key Oregon health quality findings. In addition, 2010's federal health reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), included the creation of a prevention fund to provide more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, proven prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation, and the site has a report on how it impacts Oregon here.

get local health results

State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Oregon, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.

Does Oregon have a health insurance high risk pool?

Oregon Medical Insurance Pool
Toll-free 1-800-848-7280 or (503) 225-6620 (M-F 8am-5pm)

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Oregon started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Oregon's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.

Non-profit sources of health insurance information for Oregon

• The Foundation for Health Coverage Education's mission is to provide simplified public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage. Here is its guide on how to find health insurance in Oregon.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is tracking the progress of health insurance reform in each state. Its page for Oregon can be found here.
• The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers. Search for Oregon health insurance plan report cards.

Oregon state government health insurance resources

Oregon Health Plan (OHP) —  Provides health care coverage to low-income Oregonians through programs administered by the Division of Medical Assistance Programs (DMAP). Currently, more than 600,000 people each month receive health care coverage through the Oregon Health Plan.

Oregon Department of Insurance —  Health insurance information for Oregonians.

Oregon Medicaid —  Medicaid provides health care insurance for low-income residents through a federal and state partnership. Federal regulations provide a framework for each state to build a unique Medicaid program or State Medicaid Plan.

The Family Health Insurance Assistance Program —  Helps regon families pay the monthly premium for high-quality, private health insurance plans. FHIAP pays from 50 percent to 95 percent of the premium for Oregonians who are uninsured and meet income and other guidelines.

How did Oregon officials vote on health reform?

H.R.2: Repealing the Health Care Bill

#14

Date of Vote: 1/19/2011 Status: House passed 245-189, 1 not voting

HOUSE|SENATE

1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]

Yes (1)

• Greg Walden

Our
Pick

No (4)

• Earl Blumenauer
• Peter DeFazio

• Kurt Schrader
• David Wu