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Ron Wyden Wins Big Concession On Health Insurance Exchanges

The Hill | Jeffrey Young | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Insurance Exchanges, Reid Insurance Exchanges, Senate Health Care Vote, Ron Wyden, Ron Wyden Health Care, Wyden Insurance Exchanges, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Insurance Exchanges, Health Insurance Reform, Senate Health Care, Politics News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) have taken a long stride toward locking down the...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Derivatives Just "A Sophisticated Form Of Gambling," U.S. Senators Say; Propose Bill Allowing State Gambling Laws To Apply

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Ron Wyden, Cftc, Financial Reform, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives, Maria Cantwell, Derivatives Regulation, Preemption, Bernie Sanders, Financial Regulation, Gambling, Financial Crisis, Gary Gensler, Business News

In describing the complex and little-understood world of derivatives trading as "a sophisticated form of gambling," three U.S. Senators proposed legis...

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Let's Make a Deal!

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Ron Wyden, Public Option, Health Care, Health, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

The public option -- done right -- would be available to everyone and would basically mean that everyone always had something to fall back on.

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Our Health Future: The Business Case for Wyden-Bennett

Charles Kolb | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ron Wyden, Wyden-Bennett Healthy Americans Act, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Ced, Politics News
Charles Kolb

The Wyden-Bennett bill in the Senate Finance Committee was the only proposal that gets health care costs under control and avoids a government single-payer system in the long run.

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Patriot Act: Congress Shouldn't Rush to Judgment (Again)

Sen. Ron Wyden | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Patriot Act, Ron Wyden, Bush Administration Torture, Obama National Security, National Security, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Sen. Ron Wyden

Striking a balance between protecting Americans' security and protecting American rights and freedoms is not always easy, but members of Congress have an obligation to try -- as well as a new opportunity.

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We Need Wyden's Free Choice Amendment for Effective Health Care Reform

Larry McNeely | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ron Wyden, Free Choice Proposal for Health Care, Wyden Free Choice Amendment, Health Care, Free Choice Act, Politics News
Larry McNeely

In addition to expanding choices for consumers, the Free Choice proposal would make other significant improvements to the effectiveness of the broader health reform legislation that other bills lack.

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Public Option Compromise Floated: Let States Opt Out

FireDogLake | Jon Walker | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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First there was the "level paying field" public option. Than there was Snowe's trigger. Snowe's trigger was followed by Conrad's co-ops. Only in the l...

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Baucus Bill Hearings Day 1: Heroes--Cantwell, Kerry, Nelson, Wyden. Grumpy Old Men--Republicans. Goat--Tom Carper.

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ron Wyden, Healthcare Reform, Medicare Part D, John Kerry, Maria Cantwell, Home Healthcare, Medicaid, Chuck Grassley, Chuck Schumer, Seniors, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Overall, it was a good opening day. One could measure how good it was by the sour faces and wounded-appearing body language of the Republicans.

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The Wyden - Bennett Healthy Americans Act: Why Not Just Say Yes?

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Lanny Davis

What exactly does the HAA accomplish that could possibly attract such broad, bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate? Universal health insurance coverage and immediate deficit neutrality in the first two years.

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The Gang of Six: An Epic of Futility

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

The Baucus Caucus came to town one morning in the early spring, / They said, "You want a health-care bill? Don't sweat -- we'll handle ev'rything!"

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Senator Wyden: "Status-Quo Caucus Led By Powerful Insurance Interests" Blocking Competition In Health Reform (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Democratic Senator Ron Wyden (Oregon) appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Meeting" today to discuss his New York Times op-ed on how to improve the flawed hea...

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Ron Wyden: Health Reform's Missing Ingredient Is Choice

New York Times | Ron Wyden | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Low-Cost Coverage, Health Insurance Exchange, Ron Wyden, Free Choice Proposal for Health Care, President Obama, Healthcare Reform, Obama Address to Congress, Mayo Clinic, Politics News

"MY guiding principle is, and always has been, that consumers do better when there is choice and competition," President Obama said last week in an ad...

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The Gang Of Six: Dickipedia

Dickipedia/HuffPost Comedy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Susan Collins, Ben Nelson, Ron Wyden, Gang of Six, Mary Landrieu, Joseph Lieberman, Dickipedia, Olympia Snowe, Comedy News

The Gang of Six (born July 17, 2009) is a bipartisan group of centrist and conservative Senators urging delay in consideration of health care reform, ...

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While Congress Dallies, Desperate Americans Seek Free Health Care

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Ron Wyden, Ben Nelson, Public Option, Stan Brock, Universal Healthcare, Remote Area Medical, Olympia Snowe, Joe Lieberman, Ram, Mary Landrieu, Healthcare, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

The day before six centrist Senators signed a letter to halt health care reform, citizens were lining up for health care provided by Remote Area Medical, a non-profit relief corps dedicated to providing free health care.

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Senators Call for Health Care Delay, Receive Big Campaign Contributions

Paul Blumenthal | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Ron Wyden, Ben Nelson, Congress, Health, Olympia Snowe, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Mary Landrieu, Health Care, Transparency, Politics News
Paul Blumenthal

Six senators called for a seventy day hold on voting on health care reform legislation today. Each of these senators has raised at least $1 million from the health and insurance sectors over their careers.

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Ryan Grim

Gang Of Six Centrist Senators Demands Delay On Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Ron Wyden, Health Care Delay, Health Care Reform, Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman, Politics News

A bipartisan group of centrist and conservative senators sent a letter to the Democratic and Republican leaders on Friday urging delay in consideratio...

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Sam Stein

Wyden Urges Dems To Keep Trying For Bipartisan Approach To Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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One of the key Democratic senators whose vote remains up for grabs when it comes to health care reform urged his colleagues to continue to push for a ...

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Sam Stein

Senators Buck Obama, Urge Progressives To Keep Targeting Dems On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

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Two Senators said on Tuesday that they disagreed with President Obama's backchannel complaints that progressive advocacy groups ought to stop targetin...

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Barack Obama Immediately Regrets Asking For Your Help

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 08.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Public Option, Dianne Feinstein, Max Baucus, Mary Landrieu, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

"We shouldn't be focusing resources on each other," Obama said, "We ought to be focused on winning this debate." But winning the healthcare debate for whom?

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Health Care: Lobbyists, Blue Dogs and the 'No, We Can't Coalition'

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Ron Wyden, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Lobbyists, Oregon, Politics News
Deepak Bhargava

A surprising number of Democrats are saying no to real health care reform.

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Ryan Grim

Wyden Open To Public Health Care Option If His Plan Stalls

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, is a key player in the health care debate, the sponsor of the only bipartisan health care bill in the Senate. Back...

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Sam Stein

Labor Hammers Dem Senator Over Plan To Tax Health Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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The ad wars in the health care reform debate are beginning to heat up, even as key members of Congress plead for a détente until an actual bill mater...

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Ryan Grim

Dem Senators Push Foreign Banks To Aid Global Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, Sherrod Brown, Bailout, Global Bailout, Stimulus, Politics News

A group of Democratic senators, in advance of the G-20 summit in London, are calling on the administration to push foreign central banks to cooperate ...

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Sam Stein

Wyden-Snowe Proposal Could Have Saved Govt. $3 Billion-Plus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

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Had Congress ultimately passed Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Olympia Snowe's proposal to tax a portion of bonuses issued by bailout recipients, the governme...

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Sam Stein

Wyden: My Bill Could Have Prevented AIG Mess

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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Additional reporting by Arthur Delaney Senator Ron Wyden said on Tuesday that the furor surrounding AIG's bonus payments could have been avoided had...

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