State Board to Cover Oregon: Drop Dead

Oregon will move its health-insurance exchange to federal website

By Aaron Mesh

Cover Oregon ad from 2013

The state of Oregon is dumping its failed health-insurance exchange Cover Oregon and joining the federal website, the Associated Press reports.

The vote by the Cover Oregon board this morning comes after the state spent $248 million on its exchange, without ever signing up a single customer through its website.

Oregon becomes the first state to abandon its online health-care exchange for the federal system.

The AP writes:

The Washington Post reported Thursday that federal officials had decided to take control of Cover Oregon, even before state officials reached a decision.

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Aaron Mesh

Aaron Mesh

Aaron Mesh is WW's editor. He’s a Florida man who enjoys waterfalls, Trail Blazers basketball and Brutalist architecture.

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