Impacts of Health Care Bill on Washington State

National

By Roger Stark, MD
Health Care Policy Analyst
January 2010

U.S. House and Senate Democrats have passed two sweeping 2,000 page bills that would fundamentally and dramatically change our health care. There are significant differences between the two bills, but the more moderate Senate bill has the best chance of passing through the conference committee and being signed by the President. Both bills passed on a strict party-line vote, with essentially no support from minority Republicans.

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Slade Gorton Weighs in on Intelligence Failures

National

Former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA) was a 9/11 Commission member.

This story was originally published on December 31, 2009.

Read excerpts of the interview with KOMO News here.

The Noble Prize for Stupidity

Opinion

The award for Barack Obama may be the most stunningly undeserved use of the Nobel Peace Prize. When you add it up, the Nobel Prize Committee is giving Obama an “A” for effort, and even that’s not deserved when the President of France is calling you naive and making fun of you.

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DNC Ad Boosting “Jay Inslee for Governor”?

Politics

That’s the speculation over at Red County.  Blogger Tom Forbes connects the dots on the Democratic National Committee buying up Puget Sound region ad time for Rep. Jay Inslee:

In fact, Josh Kraushaar of Politico is reporting that the Democratic National Committee is providing “political cover” for select House Dems, including Inslee, by running radio ads praising them for their support of Obama’s stimulus package.

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Doubts About Effectiveness of NW Stimulus $

Politics

The writing for workers in Oregon is on the wall: jobs are becoming scarcer as pink slips increase.  The state is currently experiencing 12.4 percent unemployment.  That’s nearly 3 points higher than the national average.

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