Can OEBB regionally rate premiums?
No. According to Oregon statute 243.864 Sect. 17 (2) the board shall offer a range of benefit designs sufficient to ensure that when benefit plans are first provided by the board to a district, the district and district employees can choose benefit plans that are comparable in design to, and are not more expensive than the comparable costs of, the benefit plans the district provided immediately before the purchase of the benefit plans provided by the board. The board shall determine premiums for each benefit plan based on the benefit plan designs and the aggregated experience of all districts participating in the benefit plans.
