We Need Dennis Richardson For Governor More Than Ever!

I'd like to remind people that "Doctor" Kitzhaber practiced emergency room medicine exactly long enough to complete his residency, and then ran for office. He hasn't practiced medicine in any meaningful way since 1978, when he was first elected to the Oregon House. He was elected to the Oregon Senate in 1980 and worked his way up to Senate President before running for Governor in 1994 - creating the Oregon Health Plan along the way. In between his 2 Governor gigs, he did not return to medical practice, but founded the Archimedes Movement, a liberal political think tank with a goal of imposing socialized medicine. So basically he was an actual doctor for 5 years, but a political hack whose only record of accomplishment was creating unsustainable medical welfare programs for 34 years. So there's that.

Why is private sector health insurance MODA pushing some of the costs of a disabled kid to taxpayers?

HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. -- An insurance company (MODA) paid for a disabled kid’s nursing care in Happy Valley until it realized Medicaid – essentially taxpayers – covers that type of care and could pick up the tab. Then, the insurance stopped. That tab to taxpayers now totals $117,000. Why is private sector health insurance MODA pushing some of the costs of a disabled kid to taxpayers?
Eleven-year-old Javad Mashinchi has had a muscular disorder since birth. He eats through a tube and needs help from a nurse to get ready for school. His family needs that help because both parents work full-time. The Mashinchis are double insured in health coverage, so they cover Javad’s healthcare under mom Shannon’s plan. She’s a middle school math teacher.
The insurance provider, ODS, now known as Moda Health, decided a year and a half ago that it wasn’t going to cover Javad’s nurse anymore. Moda Health officials said they wanted Medicaid, through the Oregon Health Plan, to start footing the bill. When KATU investigators first intervened last year, Moda Health relented and said the care could continue. But it only lasted six more months – until the company decided again to cancel it."What burned me is when they renamed the Rose Garden,” Shannon Mashinchi said."You can’t cover my nursing benefits for the year, but you can spend $40 million to have your name on the outside of the Rose Garden?
www.katu.com/news/investigators/Insurance-stops-fo....html
www.katu.com/news/investigators/Insurance-stops-fo...p;c=y

Why is private sector health insurance MODA pushing some of the costs of a disabled kid to taxpayers?

HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. -- An insurance company (MODA) paid for a disabled kid’s nursing care in Happy Valley until it realized Medicaid – essentially taxpayers – covers that type of care and could pick up the tab. Then, the insurance stopped. That tab to taxpayers now totals $117,000. Why is private sector health insurance MODA pushing some of the costs of a disabled kid to taxpayers?
Eleven-year-old Javad Mashinchi has had a muscular disorder since birth. He eats through a tube and needs help from a nurse to get ready for school. His family needs that help because both parents work full-time. The Mashinchis are double insured in health coverage, so they cover Javad’s healthcare under mom Shannon’s plan. She’s a middle school math teacher.
The insurance provider, ODS, now known as Moda Health, decided a year and a half ago that it wasn’t going to cover Javad’s nurse anymore. Moda Health officials said they wanted Medicaid, through the Oregon Health Plan, to start footing the bill. When KATU investigators first intervened last year, Moda Health relented and said the care could continue. But it only lasted six more months – until the company decided again to cancel it."What burned me is when they renamed the Rose Garden,” Shannon Mashinchi said."You can’t cover my nursing benefits for the year, but you can spend $40 million to have your name on the outside of the Rose Garden?
www.katu.com/news/investigators/Insurance-stops-fo....html

Who do you want making your healthcare plan decisions?

And UPS isn’t the only one. Dropping spousal coverage has become a trend among employers due to continually rising health care costs. Obamacare’s wide variety of benefit and coverage mandates combined with new fees, taxes, and penalties of course all increase the cost of coverage, intensifying the trend. The University of Virginia made a similar announcement yesterday.
Do you like your health care plan? Sorry. With Obamacare in effect, costs are going up and plans are changing. If lawmakers would defund this unworkable law, we could focus on health care reform that puts people in charge of the type of health coverage they want.
blog.heritage.org/2013/08/22/when-you-cant-actuall...-plan