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Background and Purpose
The Health Equities Committee is chartered with developing multicultural strategies for program eligibility and enrollment procedures as well as with making policy recommendations to reduce health disparities through delivery system reform and benefit design of the Oregon Health Fund program. Recommendations include:
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To maintain the health of that workforce, it is fair, wise and in the State's economic interest that the Oregon Health Fund program shall be available to all Oregon residents.
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As consistent with current practices in the private marketplace, no citizenship documentation requirements will be in place to participate in the Oregon Health Fund program.
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As an alternative, non-qualified Oregon residents may purchase their own health coverage either through the private market or through the exchange and are ineligible for direct state contributions.
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All Oregon residents are to be eligible regardless of federal qualifications for state contributions to low-income individuals through the Oregon Health Fund Program.
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Establish an 'Oregon Primary Care Benefit Plan' within the health insurance exchange alongside the Oregon Health Fund Program whereby foundations, providers, managed care groups, targeted employers, counties, cities and others may continually contribute funds, on a voluntary basis, that will be appropriated to provide subsidies to individuals that do not qualify for state contributions but are unable to afford purchasing health care without them.
 State of Oregon: Oregon Health Fund Board Website
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