Opening Day Remarks (as written) Thank you. Before I begin my remarks, please let me introduce my wife, Nancy Long. With only 60 days, we have plenty of challenges and…
Speaker Chopp’s opening day remarks
Tag: health care
WA Healthplanfinder enrollees nearing 250,000
Earlier this week, Washington Healthplanfinder released new enrollment figures. According to their press release, 248,270 have signed up for coverage – through either private providers or Washington Apple Health –…
Are increased emergency room visits in Oregon exposing a problem with the ACA?
Or are they a sign of normal growing pains? We know that one goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to reduce the number of emergency room visits where…
Resisting the urge to judge the Affordable Care Act
A super-interesting (and brief) overview of how all the moving parts of the ACA have affected us, including the bad (website roll out) with the good (additional coverage, bending cost…
Affordable health care – a long journey, but well worth the wait.
We’re two months into the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While short of their original goal, supporters are highlighting the 100,000 people who now have affordable health care…