Oregon’s Health Insurance Meltdown: Why it’s happening, what can be done?
Major insurers in Oregon have been pulling back from selling health coverage to individuals, households and small businesses—some in response to years of losses. Meanwhile, consumers’ premiums keep going up: 22% hikes on average in the individual market this year alone, causing people to drop coverage that they may well need later.
So what’s happening, and what should state leaders do right now to help in the short term?
Hear from two longtime CEOs and an Oregon nonprofit helping people access health care they can’t otherwise afford.
Oregon Health Forum and The Foundation for Medical Excellence invite you learn more about this impending insurance crisis. This forum is the second in a two-part series laying groundwork for action in the 2027 state legislature.
Erin Hoover Barnett
Executive Director
Oregon Health Forum / The Lund Report
John Kitzhaber
President
The Foundation for Medical Excellence