In Oregon, Colleges Hope to Care for Themselves

By JOHN L. PULLEY

A few years after taking on the management of Linfield College's health-care plan, Carl B. Vance was losing the battle. Pre-miums that had increased modestly one year rose wildly the next. Health-care pro-viders were leaving the state, and Blue Cross discontinued a popular plan that Linfield had offered to its workers. Colleagues...