edited by: Mike Landfair,
Oregon Editor
Last night, Senator Ron Wyden spoke with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow about the latest developments in the health care debate - including opposition to the Medicare buy-in, insurance reforms, his proposal for a tax on health insurance to reduce premiums, and the prospects for using reconciliation to push health reform through [...]
The I.R.S. would be the muscle behind a national health insurance plan. Such a deal. Note: they'll be the muscle, not the brains.
You're a 32-year-old "single mother" of two, living in Seattle. Working in a chain hair "salon", you make less than $19,000 a year.
And the I.R.S. calls you [...]
Commentary By Ron Beasley
In the middle of a health care debate does this make a lot of sense?
Aetna Forcing 600,000-Plus To Lose Coverage In Effort To Raise ProfitsHealth insurance giant Aetna is planning to force up to 650,000 clients to drop their coverage next year as it seeks to raise additional [...]
Commentary By Ron Beasley
Here in my State of Oregon it was announced this week that health insurance premiums will be going up 16 percent in 2010. Some employers will increase the amount of the employees share while some small and medium sized businesses will be priced out and have to [...]
