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Heated hearing on cost growth target program ends with call for work group; no vote
Summary
House Bill 40 38 — which would have imposed a 10-year moratorium or, per a -1 amendment, limited OHA enforcement and penalties in the cost growth target program — drew extensive testimony from insurers, providers and consumer advocates. Lawmakers closed the hearing and signaled a likely interim work group rather than immediate repeal.
House Bill 40 38 generated extended debate in the House Health Care Committee as insurers, hospitals, clinics, unions and consumer groups presented sharply different views about Oregon's cost growth target program.
Industry witnesses including Mary Ann Cooper of Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield told the committee the program's enforcement timeline, penalty structure and "reasonableness factors" can penalize organizations before they have time to improve, potentially shifting costs to consumers. "The current rules in the current program has major flaws," Cooper…
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