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Oregon gives up on running its own Obamacare exchange

By Joel Gehrke

Published April 24, 2014 4:00am ET

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Oregon gives up on running its own Obamacare exchange — An information technology official in Oregon is recommending the state abandon running its own health insurance exchange in favor of using the federal Obamacare exchange.

Oregon’s “top information-technology official” is giving up on the state running its own Obamacare insurance exchange.

“Alex Pettit, the state’s top information-technology official, will recommend that Oregon move to the federal health insurance exchange, according to a Powerpoint presentation distributed at this morning’s meeting of an advisory committee,” the Oregonian‘s Nick Budnik reports.

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