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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1285068" data-attributes="member: 1246">Via <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/03/cover_oregon_health_insurance_1.html" target="_blank">Oregon Live</a>:&nbsp;Nearly 4,000 applicants for a state program that provides undocumented immigrants with pregnancy services were instead enrolled in full Oregon Health Plan coverage, contrary to federal law, thanks to problems with the Cover Oregon health insurance exchange.&nbsp;State officials say they discovered the problem several weeks ago and are correcting it.&nbsp;The pregnancy program goof, however, is just one of many little-known problems that Oregon Health Plan members, providers, care groups and state officials have wrestled with as Oregon’s system for enrolling people undergoes chaotic change.&nbsp;It’s the flip side of the Cover Oregon debacle, where much of the attention has focused on the travails of people applying for private or commercial insurance.&nbsp;Two thirds of Cover Oregon’s enrollments — more than 70,000 — have gone into the low-income Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of Medicaid. Combined with other enrollments since Oct. 1, OHP membership has swelled by more than 200,000, or about a third&nbsp; — a favorite talking point of state officials.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1285068, member: 1246"] Via [URL='http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/03/cover_oregon_health_insurance_1.html']Oregon Live[/URL]: Nearly 4,000 applicants for a state program that provides undocumented immigrants with pregnancy services were instead enrolled in full Oregon Health Plan coverage, contrary to federal law, thanks to problems with the Cover Oregon health insurance exchange. State officials say they discovered the problem several weeks ago and are correcting it. The pregnancy program goof, however, is just one of many little-known problems that Oregon Health Plan members, providers, care groups and state officials have wrestled with as Oregon’s system for enrolling people undergoes chaotic change. It’s the flip side of the Cover Oregon debacle, where much of the attention has focused on the travails of people applying for private or commercial insurance. Two thirds of Cover Oregon’s enrollments — more than 70,000 — have gone into the low-income Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of Medicaid. Combined with other enrollments since Oct. 1, OHP membership has swelled by more than 200,000, or about a third — a favorite talking point of state officials. [/QUOTE]

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