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Oregon Insurer Seeks 22% Increase

Item: Oregon's largest health insurer seeks 22 percent rate increase/Joe Rojas-Burke, Oregonian

More Info: Oregon's largest health insurer, Regence BlueCross BlueShield, wants to raise premiums by more than 22 percent for 59,000 customers with individual coverage. In response to the eye-popping rate request, state insurance regulators took the unusual step of scheduling a public hearing, set for June 2.

Question: How affordable is your health insurance?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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