SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The state official overseeing Oregon’s transition from the failed Cover Oregon health insurance website to the federal insurance exchange is stepping down.
Tina Edlund says in a memo dated Nov. 18 that she will be “taking time off and then will enjoy part-time retirement.”
Gov. John Kitzhaber selected Edlund earlier this year to oversee the transition. The Statesman Journal reports (https://stjr.nl/1wrRnRa ) that the first part of the transition is complete, and Oregonians are able to enroll in private health insurance through the federal HealthCare.gov website.
But a separate effort to transition Medicaid enrollment to the Oregon Health Authority has hit bumps as the state and technology contractor Oracle parted ways.
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Information from: Statesman Journal, https://www.statesmanjournal.com
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