The Oregon Senate voted Monday to pass a bill that would secure billions in federal funding for Oregon’s Medicaid program and ensure that a significant share flows back to hospitals.
House Bill 2010 now goes to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk to await her signature.
The bill raises and extends a pair of taxes on hospitals and health insurers, which the state uses to bolster federal funding for the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s Medicaid program that provides health care to low-income individuals and those with disabilities…