Wyden Seeks Health Care Waiver for Oregon
The Huffington Post reports that Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), "one of the most innovative voices in the health care debate...is accelerating the process of exempting his state from some of the national reforms passed under President Barack Obama." Wyden is also strongly urging Oregon to seek exemption "from the individual mandate, which would penalize those individuals who refuse to purchase insurance ...
Insurance laws may scuttle Civil War battle
ASTORIA -- Civil war reenactments at Fort Stevens may end due to high insurance liability costs. The Daily Astorian reports that it's a fallout of a legislative change in tort claim limits resulting from an unrelated case involving Oregon Health and Sciences University. The NW Civil War Council was hard-pressed this year to put on its show over Labor Day Weekend and this may be the last year ...
Insurance Could End Civil War Re-Enactments
A battle over liability insurance coverage for groups using state property is brewing, and the Northwest Civil War Council is right in the middle of it.
Q&A with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: Promises health care reform is beneficial
Sebelius talks with The Oregonian about the federal effort to redesign health insurance markets and expand coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. It remains to be seen whether it can be done without driving up costs or imposing limits that prove unacceptable to the majority of Americans who have health coverage.
David Sirota: A Transpartisan Uprising Against the Individual Insurance Mandate
Could there be a transpartisan, left-right-center coalition forming against the unpopular individual health insurance mandate in the recently passed health care bill? Perhaps, if you...
City of Bend Early Retirees Get Federal Health Aid
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday the first round of applicants accepted into the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, among them nearly 40 in Oregon, including the city of Bend.
Group asks for feedback on health care
The first of six public forums is tonight at Guerber Hall
People on the Move
The South Sound Association of Health Underwriters has installed its 2010-11 executive board. They include: Chris Free of Rapport Benefits Group in Tacoma, president; David Maddock of Maddock & Associates in Tacoma, past president; Dan Eich of Oak Insurance Services in Olympia, president elect; Jan Smith of GHB Insurance Inc. in Olympia, vice president; Patty Rice of Albers & Co. in Tacoma ...
Doctors Staying Busy with Back-to-School Vaccinations
Students heading back to school, also means it's time for back-to-school vaccinations. read more
Vote For Your Favorite "Build Your Block " Project
If you live, work or play on N.E. Alberta Street, you are invited to vote for one of three finalists in the Umpqua Bank’s Build Your Block program. Umpqua Bank will help make the winning project a reality with a grant of up to $10,000 and support from bank staff.
