Wyden Pushing For Oregon Waiver From Health Care Law, Individual Mandate

One of the most innovative voices in the health care debate [according to the Left-leaning Huffington Post], Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), is accelerating the process of exempting his state from some of the national reforms passed under President Barack Obama. ∴ The Oregon Democrat is seeking to take advantage of a provision he helped write into the legislation that allows states to set up their own health care systems as long as they meet minimal requirements established by the Department of Health and Human Services. In a letter to the state's Health Authority office, Wyden announced that he will introduce legislation to accelerate the start date for state waivers from 2017 to 2014, if not earlier for Oregon specifically. Read more at Huffington Post...

Jim Huffman, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, responds... Read More......

Health Care Vote Today

Historic vote on health care today, Sunday, March 21, 2010. For the record:
- Final vote: 219-212 "Passed"
- See Republican Leader Boehner's "Hell No" statements at Breitbart TV.
- FOX:House Votes to Pass Health Care Bill , Send 'Fixes' Back to Senate.
- Live Blogging at Real Clear Politics
- Pending - Executive Order on Health Care Bill
- NYT prescriptions/Live Blogging the House Vote.

Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, holding a huge gavel and, surrounded by Democrats supporting the health care bill, walked past Tea Party protesters to intimate they had the votes to pass the bill. This act was tantamount to saying, "Up yours!" She appears to have enjoyed the moment. There were other routes she could have taken.

Looking back to the 2008 primary race, Obama promised not to force people to buy health insurance (Hat tip: The Greyfalcon's Blog). See video...

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