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Oregon health insurance exchange owes agents $900k

May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 G. Turner

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While these professionals enrolled thousands throughout the state, many have not been paid for their services. According to the Oregon health insurance exchange, it owes around $900,000 to the agents who received their training and certification through the program, and who worked to enroll thousands of people throughout the state to make sure that they had the coverage that they needed to comply with the affordable care act, but who haven’t received their own paychecks in six months. Many of these hardworking people haven’t seen a dime of their pay…

Health care reform continues in Oregon as they toss the exchange

April 28, 2014April 26, 2014 G. Turner

The state will now be getting rid of their website, which never stopped being riddled with problems. The board of the Cover Oregon exchange has now voted to make the next health care reform for the state by shutting down its problem filled enrollment website in order to hop aboard the federal government’s site, which has managed to iron out the vast majority of its own bugs and glitches. This state is one of several that attempted to run their own exchange and found it was an overwhelming struggle. While…

Oregon health insurance exchange may be seized by the federal government

April 28, 2014April 26, 2014 S.Vagus

Federal government may take control of Cover Oregon in order to fix it The federal government is preparing to take over the health insurance exchange of Oregon. Cover Oregon is one of the few state-operated exchanges currently in existence in the U.S., as most states have opted to allow the federal government to manage their exchanges. Federal exchanges have experienced major technical problems that have made it difficult for people throughout the country to sign up for insurance coverage, but some state-run exchanges have managed to avoid these problems. This…

Insurance technology dispute creates turbulence between Oregon and Oracle

March 6, 2014March 4, 2014 Marc

Dispute between Oregon and Oracle threatens the capabilities of Cover Oregon Acclaimed technology firm Oracle has been at odds with the State of Oregon regarding its health insurance exchange. The exchange makes use of technology that has been developed by Oracle and this technology allows the exchange to operate as it is meant to. The problem, however, is that Cover Oregon is not yet fully developed and state officials have called into question the viability of Oracle’s insurance technology. The tension between the state and the technology firm had reached…

Oregon health insurance exchange sees delay in launching official website

August 14, 2013August 12, 2013 S.Vagus

Website of state health insurance exchange delayed Oregon’s health insurance exchange, like others throughout the U.S., is scheduled to begin open enrollment on October 1 of this year. There is a problem with the exchange, however, according to state officials. The exchange, which is officially called Cover Oregon, is meant to serve as a digital marketplace through which consumers can find affordable health insurance coverage suitable to their needs. The problem is, however, that this exchange will not be able to be accessed online. Delay meant to resolve issues of…