Reply #4: Oregon has a similar plan [View All]

[sandnsea]

We have the Oregon Health Plan, which is the Medicaid version but is more managed so that more people can be covered. Or that was the plan originally.

We also have a subsidized version for working income people, where you can choose from several insurance companies and up to 95% of the premium is subsidied. That's great unless you have a pre-existing condition and then you go into the Insurance Pool, which is like $1,000 a month for a couple. The subsidy helps tremendously, but that's still an insane amount to pay for insurance and you still have your co-pays, and many prescriptions are $40, and the 20%. So people still end up with bills they can't pay. But it's most certainly way way way better than nothing.