Oregon Holds Health Insurance Lottery

March 4th, 2008 in Medicine & Health / Health
Oregon Holds Health Insurance Lottery (AP)

Shirley Krueger, who suffers from diabetes, sits in her apartment in Salem, Ore., Feb. 27, 2008. Krueger, who works part time, signed up on the first day in a one-of-a-kind state lottery for the chance of health insurance coverage. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)

(AP) -- Oregon is conducting a one-of-a-kind lottery, and the prize is health insurance. The state will start drawing names this week for the chance to enroll in a health care program designed for people not poor enough for Medicaid but too cash-strapped to buy their own insurance.

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