Oregon political leaders decided last year to create the health insurance exchange mandated under President Obama’s health care law. But they have since run into a series of hurdles which illustrate the difficulty of timely implementation, including a decision to tax health plans to fund the exchange after federal grant money runs out and the challenge of deciding which benefits will be mandatory under insurance plans.
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The business plan for Oregon’s exchange, HB 4164, is currently under consideration in the state legislature. Lawmakers established a public corporation last year to create the exchange, and decided to allow for up to a 5 percent tax on health care plans sold under the exchange in order to pay for it. The business plan assumes a tax of 2.5 percent in 2014 and 2.7 percent in 2015.
http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2012/03/07/oregon-will-tax-health-plans-fund-exchange
Hat Tip: The Heartland.Org
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