The Latest: Oregon approves new taxes for Medicaid costs
The single-issue election Tuesday drew national attention because it gave voters -- and not lawmakers -- the final say on how to fund increasing health care costs.
The plan is a short-term fix for health care funding that will generate between
Measure 101 creates a 0.7 percent tax on some hospitals and a 1.5 percent tax on the gross health insurance premiums and on managed care organizations.
Lawmakers must still come up with a long-term funding plan for the more than 350,000 people added to Medicaid and an overall increase in health care expenses.
Oregonians have until
Oregonians vote-by-mail state so most ballots have already been turned in.
Stragglers have until Tuesday evening to take ballots to designated drop boxes.
The tax would generate between
Proponents say hundreds of thousands of low-income Oregonians could lose their health care if Measure 101 fails.
Opponents say the taxes are unfair because they exempt unions and large corporations.
If the measure fails, lawmakers must address health care funding in a legislative session that begins next month.
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