After weeks of being stuck in the Legislature’s Budget Committee, the bill allowing Oregon’s health insurance exchange to proceed toward implementation is moving toward a House and Senate vote —along with a little baggage in the form of a completely unrelated amendment supported by Republicans.
The legislation is expected to easily pass both chambers.
The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Capital Construction passed House Bill 4164 unanimously yesterday afternoon. The bill gives legislative approval of the Oregon health insurance exchange’s business plan, which provides financial projections and maps out how it will be ready to provide health insurance to individuals and small businesses (50 employees and under) starting in January 2014. It’s expected be a one-stop shopping place for as many as 700,000 uninsured individuals and small businesses to purchase affordable health insurance.
http://www.thelundreport.org/resource/insurance_exchange_bill_moves_toward_floor_vote_with_amendment_relating_to_oebb_opt_out
Hat Tip: The Lund Report
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