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40,000 in Oregon lose health insurance
Roughly 40,000 poor people have been dropped from the Oregon Health Plan this year because of their failure to make monthly premium payments, some as low as $6 a month. Six dollars a month, my god how are they supposed to afford it? Advocates for the poor say the premiums are too expensive for some people and the government may have overestimated the ability of people to mail a check. Say what? "Itâs an enormous barrier," said Ellen Pinney, director of the Oregon Health Action Committee. "Let alone the $6, there is the whole issue of writing a check or getting a money order, putting it in an envelope with a stamp and putting it in the mail to this place in Portland that must receive it by the due date." Yup, them po folks be too stupid to write a check. Posted by: Steve 2003-10-30 |
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