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TAPE 16, A

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Calls the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m.  Opens informational meeting on the healthcare market place: public and private healthcare systems, cost drivers, and health insurance.

THE HEALTHCARE MARKET PLACE: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, COST DRIVERS AND HEALTH INSURANCE - INFORMATIONAL MEETING

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Reviews schedule of cost containment hearings and submits as testimony (EXHIBIT A).

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Bruce Goldberg

Administrator, Oregon Health Policy and Research, Oregon Department of Human Services. Introduces himself.  Submits PowerPoint presentation on an overview of healthcare in Oregon (EXHIBIT B).

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Bob Diprete

Oregon Health Policy and Research, Oregon Department of Human Services.  Introduces himself.

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Goldberg

Provides overview of presentation.

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Diprete

Provides objectives of the presentation.

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Diprete

Provides overview of healthcare in Oregon:

·         Nationally and in Oregon:  The “System” isn’t a system

·         Resources and Programs are Fragmented or Overlap

·         It’s All Connected, System or Not

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Goldberg

Begins to discuss expenditures.  Reviews chart of annual change in private health spending per capita, 1961-2001.

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Kruse

Asks what caused the sharp drop of change in spending in early 1960’s.

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Goldberg

Explains that it dropped when Medicaid and Medicare started.

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Kruse

Clarifies that “dips” are caused when programs are attempting to change the market.

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Goldberg

Affirms.  Reviews chart for increase in health insurance premiums compared to other indicators, 1988-2003.  Explains the significances are not in the “dips,” but the overall stability in overall inflation and wages.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Clarifies that there are no premiums with the Oregon Health Plan and that it is primarily managed care.

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Goldberg

Affirms.  Explains that premiums are overall healthcare costs.  Explains other types of out of pocket expenses.

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Goldberg

Reviews projected chart of average premiums and per capita income in the US.

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Sen. Morrisette

Clarifies that premiums are related to the economy because health companies invest more money.

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Goldberg

Explains what health cost driver factors that add to healthcare costs.

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Sen. Morrisette

Re-clarifies question.  Comments that we are getting out of a recession.

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Goldberg

Agrees.  Adds that when the economy is good when there is a rise in employer based health insurance, however businesses cannot afford health insurance when the economy’s employment is down.

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Goldberg

Continues to provide overview of healthcare in Oregon:

·         National Healthcare Spending

·         Chart, “Trends in Personal Healthcare Expenditures Per Capita, Oregon and the US, 1991 to 1998

·         Healthcare Expenditures in Oregon

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Rick Berkobien

Committee Administrator.  Asks if inequity in Medicare is reflected in a chart in the presentation.

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Goldberg

Explains how payment rate is set by region and that Oregon’s is lower.  Adds that Oregon has lower expenditures.

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Goldberg

Continues to provide overview of healthcare in Oregon:

·         Reviews chart, Average Monthly Worker Contribution for Single and Family Premiums, 1988-2003

·         Reviews chart, Average Monthly Total Employee Contribution

·         Reviews chart, Components of Healthcare Spending per Capita, 1998

·         Distribution of Medicaid Expenditures, 2003

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Goldberg

Continues to provide overview of healthcare in Oregon:

·         Reviews chart, Distribution of OHP Expenditures

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Asks Goldberg to explain “PMPM” as referred to in the charts.

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Goldberg

Explains that it stands for Per Member Per Month (PMPM). Elaborates.

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Berkobien

Asks for trends in percentages of the distribution of the Oregon Health Plan Expenditures.

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Goldberg

Answers no, but adds that they are currently working on it. Discusses health insurance for asset protection, access to care and risk management.

TAPE 17, A

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Goldberg

Discusses Oregon insurance status during 2004.

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Goldberg

Compares Oregon to a national insurance status during 2003.

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Goldberg

Reviews chart of trends in Oregon’s uninsured rate.

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Goldberg

Continues to review heathcare in Oregon:

·         Reviews chart, Oregon Insurance Trends among Children, Adults, and Seniors

·         OHP Expansion/Standard Enrollment Trends

·         Consequences of being without health insurance

·         Uninsured Americans statistics

·         Inadequate health insurance

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Sen. Kruse

Asks question relating to the spend down rate eligibility factor for elderly.

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Goldberg

Answers that he does not know and offers to return information to committee.  Comments on people filing for bankruptcy due to medical debt.

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Sen. Kruse

Clarifies that information is clearly from health care and not the system.

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Goldberg

Notes that bankruptcies effect the community.

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Goldberg

Discusses underlying issues with healthcare:

·         Cost increase factors

·         Quality of health care

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Asks witness where he found statistic that one third of healthcare expenditures goes to care that is duplicative.

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Goldberg

Answers from the Institute of Medicine performed the study.  Elaborates.  Offers to return the report to the committee.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Ask if report will show what services are being provided specifically that are duplicative.

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Goldberg

Answers yes.

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Sen. Kruse

Asks if self correcting conditions are covered and if it is a part of the duplicative.

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Goldberg

Answers yes and explains that part of it includes failure to improve patient’s health.  Elaborates.

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Sen. Morrisette

Comments on television commercials relating to treatments.

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Goldberg

Comments on how treatments vary from communities.  Notes how outcomes of all the varied treatments are similar.  Comments that electronic recording keeping is needed to prevent information errors.

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Goldberg

Continues to provide overview of healthcare in Oregon:

·         Quality of healthcare

·         Disparities in healthcare

·         Review chart, aging population and demographic changes in Oregon Legislative Administration

·         Other important information

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Sen. Morrisette

Refers to chart of aging population. Asks why there is sharp rise in population from 74 to 85 year olds.

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Goldberg

Answers how it results mostly from the Baby Boomers group.

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Goldberg

Provides overview of healthcare in implications and prospects:

·         Stakeholder responses to rising healthcare costs

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Sen. Kruse

Asks Goldberg if he knows anything about federal agencies looking to start block granting.

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Goldberg

Explains how they are not looking at a block granting spending, but looking at the president’s budget.

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Sen. Morrisette

Clarifies that federal budget is putting money into the rural health safety net clinics.

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Goldberg

Affirms.

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Goldberg

Summarizes and concludes.

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Sen. Kruse

Comments on block grants and interested in Oregon State Senator Gordon Smith’s decision.

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Goldberg

Comments on partnership needed.

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Sen. Kruse

Notes that Sen. Smith did want input from state level.

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Sen. Morrisette

Comments on flexibility of block granting.

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Barney Speight

Administrator, Office of Medical Assistance Programs (OMAP).  Submits PowerPoint presentation on Healthcare Costs: Drivers and Responses. (EXHIBIT C).

TAPE 16, B

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Speight

Discusses healthcare costs: drivers and responses:

·         Cost driver #1, aging population

·         Reviews chart, Relationship between age and annual health costs.

·         Cost driver #2, medical technology

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Berkobien

Asks if a cost driver includes many places having and using the machinery.

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Speight

Agrees, but cannot document that.  Explains learning the standards of care and the differences in technology and the uses.

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Speight

Continues discussing healthcare costs, drivers and responses:

·         Cost driver #3, change in market power

·         Cost driver #4, work force shortages

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Sen. Morrisette

Asks to comment how to solve the work force plan.

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Speight

Speculates.  Comments on new form of coordination.

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Sen. Morrisette

Comments on community colleges nursing programs. Asks to find out how many people are waiting to get into the nursing programs.

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Speight

States that he will.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Comments that there will be a Health Policy meeting on February 25, 2005 about the healthcare workforce.

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Sen. Morrisette

Expresses need for funding for healthcare programs.

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Speight

Continues discussing healthcare costs, drivers and responses:

·         Cost driver #5, health insurance

·         Cost driver #6, capital spending

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Asks Speight if he have percentage for replacement of ageing equipment and facilities.

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Speight

Answer no.  Adds that there are cycles in capital funding.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Comments on OHSU construction asks if their cost was reflected in 2002.

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Speight

Explains that graph on construction spending is national data.  Comments on high cost of informational technology, but that it is effective.

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Sen. Kruse

Comments on capital cycles from the 1960’s.  Comments on construction in district.

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Speight

Continues discussing healthcare costs, drivers and responses:

·         Cost driver #7, government policy

·         Cost driver # 8, primitive systems of care

·         Cost driver #9, medical-legal environment

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Speight

Continues discussing healthcare costs, drivers and responses:

·         Response #1

·         Response,#2

·         Roles and Responsibilities for controlling future cost

TAPE 17, B

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Joel Ario

Administrator, Insurance Division, Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS).  Submits written testimony (EXHIBIT D).

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Ario

Discusses overview of public-private health insurance programs.

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Ario

Discusses regulations of health insurance

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Asks what is being regulated.

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Ario

Answers that it is insurance policies and mandate regulations.  Explains the difference in rate regulations.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Asks what is available for small group (insurees) market.

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Ario

Explains how they have to be pooled together and the restrictions.

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Ario

Continues discussing how small groups are pooled for insurance.

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Sen. Kruse

Asks who is exempt from form regulation.

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Ario

Answers that self insured are and elaborates.

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Sen. Kruse

Asks how to differentiate between health insurance companies.

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Ario

Explains.

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Howard “Rocky” King

Administrator, Insurance Pool Governing Board (IPGB), Oregon Medical Insurance Pool (OMIP).  Submits written testimony (EXHIBIT E).  Also submits informational packet on healthcare insurance programs (EXHIBIT F).  Begins discussion on private partnership programs.

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King

Discusses starting a program to provide health insurance for children only through employer based health programs.

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King

Discusses new group and individual health insurance programs and provides goals for enrollment.

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King

Discusses increase number of phone calls regarding the need for health insurance.  Explains agent referral system.

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King

Discusses independent market and funding.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Asks how much OMIP receives.

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King

Answers 14 to15 million dollars among approximately 180 insurers.

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Sen. Kruse

Asks if there is reason to the market increase.

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King

Answers. Explains the resources they have.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Notes that meeting will recess until 5:30 p.m. in hearing room 50.  Recesses meeting at 2:55 p.m..

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Reconvenes meeting in Hearing room 50 at 5:35 p.m.  Comments on testimony regarding healthcare market, insurance, and cost drivers.

TAPE 18, A

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Patrick Pine

President, ESCO Corp.  Submits and reviews statistical comparisons of illustrations of representative changes in typical employer group plans (EXHIBIT G). 

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Pine

Continues to review chart that addresses increase in health cost.

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Pine

Summarizes and concludes.

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Leslie Frane

Executive Director, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 503.  Submits and presents written testimony concerning rising cost of health care (EXHIBIT H).

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Frane

Summarizes and concludes.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Comments on the 500 series bills introduced.

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Ellen Pinney

Executive Director, Oregon Health Action Campaign.  Explains the organization and how it supports people paying for premiums.

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James Richards

Citizen, Falls City, OR.  Submits written testimony on personal experience owing significant amount of health bills (EXHIBIT I).

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Sen. Morrisette

Clarifies that $42,000 is owed for supplies at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).

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Richards

Affirms.  Continues to discuss experience.

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Heather Sorensen

Submits and presents written testimony with personal experience owing significant amount to hospitals from fiancé’s car crash (EXHIBIT J).

TAPE 19, A

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Sorensen

Continues discussing testimony.

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Linda Ingham

Submits and presents written testimony (EXHIBIT K).

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Ken Ingham

Concerned about increased cost for son’s healthcare.

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Sen. Morrisette

Asks if they are receiving help from maker of the enzymes.

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Linda Ingham

Answers that their insurance covers enzymes.

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Sen. Morrisette

Clarifies that they are not eligible for the program.

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Linda Ingham

Affirms.

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Sen. Morrisette

Comments that if they are ever without insurance to consider contacting the pharmaceutical company for discounts.

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Ken Ingham

Comments on a program started.  Speaks about increase in medications.

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Kenny Ingham

Introduces himself.  Answers questions from the Chair.

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David Bolton

Citizen.  Describes current and past designations.  Comments that they have reviewed the 500 series bills and commends committee.  Believes that work of the union needs to be considered.

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Bolton

Discusses previous solutions that haven’t been effective and that Oregon needs legislation. 

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Lupita Letcher

Citizen, Tigard, OR.  Describes center that helps patients with premiums.  Provides background of the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) she works for.

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Letcher

Reviews demographics of patients in clinic.

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Letcher

Discusses preventive health care and why this is not happening.

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Letcher

Provides examples of patients who attend clinic who are not practicing preventative health care.

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Letcher

Explains what safety net clinics do and what they are experiencing.

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Letcher

Summarizes and concludes.

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Sen. Morrisette

Asks if the clinic has problem receiving wrap around payments.

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Letcher

Answers that it can take up to a year to receive payments.  Adds that it is especially hard when a new clinic is opening.

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Sen. Morrisette

Asks for break down of providers.

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Letcher

Explains that there are four providers.

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Sen. Morrisette

Asks if they provide dental maintenance work.

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Letcher

Answers no, but adds that the center in Woodburn, OR will soon.

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Sen. Morrisette

Clarifies that no one is turned away.

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Letcher

Affirms.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Comments on dedication to staff working in a FQHC.

TAPE 18, B

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Mary Lou Hennrich

Community Health Partnership.  Discusses a friend that was in an auto accident and lost her nursing license and job.  Explains her experiences since then and how it changed her life. 

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Hennrich

Continues discussing her experience helping her friend.

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Hennrich

Discusses that her son was diagnosed at 20 with bi-polar disorder.  Explains that he will no longer have insurance in one month.  Explains further issues to find new insurance for son.

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Hennrich

Summarizes and concludes.

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Sen. Morrisette

Asks what the prognosis is for her son for stabilization.

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Hennrich

Comments on discussion with psychologist and goals set with him.

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Sen. Morrisette

Asks if mental health parity would help.

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Hennrich

Answers what Kaiser Permanente covers. Adds that mental health parity would be helpful to be covered other than medication management.

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Rosalie Pedroza

Citizen, Turner, OR.  Testifies about her experience after having an accident.  Notes that she does have insurance, but still struggles to pay bills. Mentions that she took a 2 year pay freeze for health care.

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George Stein

Citizen, Albany, OR. Describes his wife experience with cancer and her current diagnose of Alzheimer’s.  Describes cost related expenses.  Explains how he lost his house and now lives in a motor home.

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Stein

Comments that he went back to work at the Albany General Hospital with benefits, but cannot work full time.  Continues to explain his medical issues. Speculates on his expenses that he will accrue with future surgeries. Explains that bills will be sent to collections.

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Stein

Encourages committee to address increased healthcare costs.

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Carlie Jackson

Oregon Health Plan.  Explains medical problems with herself her daughter.

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Jackson

Explains that she had breast cancer and describes the incurred medical costs.

TAPE 19, B

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Jackson

Continues to describe the consistent healthcare costs. Expresses concern to control medical cost. Describes importance of prevention.

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Marie Arthur

Citizen, Salem, OR. Addresses concern for increase in premiums and health care costs. 

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Comments on seniors and increase in premiums.

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Arthur

Comment on Medicare setting premiums.

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Mentions transparency bill introduced.

The following was submitted without public testimony:

Steve Dixon

Submits written testimony (EXHIBIT L).

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Chair Monnes Anderson

Expresses impact of testimonies heard. Adjourns meeting at 7:02 p.m.