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Oregon to vote on an ACA Medicaid expansion tax

Oregon hopes to raise $210 million to $320 million of its own Medicaid funding with the tax, and use that revenue to attract $630 million to $960 million in federal Medicaid matching funds.

By Allison Bell | Updated on December 29, 2017
If the measure fails, and state lawmakers are unable or unwilling to find alternative funding, then Oregon's Medicaid program could lose as much as $1.3 billion in total funding for the period from 20017 through 2019. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Health insurers in Oregon are campaigning for a ballot measure that could keep a 1.5 percent Medicaid program funding assessment on their premiums in place.

Voters in the Beaver State are getting ready to vote on a Medicaid funding tax referendum, Measure 101, Jan. 23. 

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