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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

News / Politics Thanks, Kurt Schrader

Posted by Matt Davis on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:43 AM

So congressman Kurt Schrader was sitting on the fence about health care reform until the last minute, when he voted for it. Read about this in yesterday's post, "Kurt Schrader could very nearly suck it, until the last minute." Well, to thank the freshman swing districter, AFSCME and Health Care For America Now have paid for a TV ad to air for seven days on broadcast and cable in Portland, Salem, and Corvallis:


SCHRADER: Dude has to be expecting some backlash from the GOP, any minute.

 

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Under the House's 2-to-1 cap, a 20-year-old would pay $3,169 in annual premiums and a 60-year-old would pay $6,339 for comparable plans, if they both had incomes above the subsidy-eligible level. Under a bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee, which had a 4-to-1 age-rating ratio, the 20-year-old would pay $2,258 and the 60-year-old would pay $8,357.
Buy, pay a fine, or go to jail. What's not to like?
Posted by jgalt on November 10, 2009 at 12:16 PM · Report

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