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Oregon Lawmakers Announce Health Care Expansion
BRAD CAIN
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Legislature's majority Democrats announced a deal with the medical industry that they say will bring state health insurance coverage to 80,000 more children and at least 50,000 low-income adults.
The proposal unveiled Thursday calls for raising taxes on hospital revenues and establishing a new tax on health insurance premiums to pay for the expansion.
Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Ted Kulongoski said the deal provides a way to expand health coverage at a time when the economy is struggling. ...
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