NOW IS THE TIME TO FIX HEALTH CARE:
Healthy Americans Act
Should business owners still bear the primary burden of providing health care to working adults and their families, when the typical worker now changes jobs with great frequency and when U.S. businesses are competing against foreign companies that have governments paying their health bills?
For U.S. Senator Ron Wyden the answer is clear: the employer-based system of health care is both outmoded and ailing. His Healthy Americans Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Bob Bennett (R) of Utah, would require Americans to buy a basic health insurance policy for themselves, reduce health care costs by putting individuals into large private insurance “pools,” slash health care paperwork and administrative expenses by eliminating several government bureaucracies and create bold incentives for more preventive care.
The City Club will welcome Senator Wyden on Monday, February 18th from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. Pre-registration for this Forum is required by February 11th at 5:00 p.m. Learn more about Senator Wyden's Healthy Americans Act.
Read some perspectives about the Healthy Americans Act.
Online registration is closed. Please call 541-633-7163 to inquire about attendance.
First elected to Congress in 1980 to represent Oregon’s 3rd district, Wyden has served in the U.S. Senate since 1996, where he has become one of the nation’s leading voices on health care reform. Sen. Wyden currently serves on the Senate Finance, Intelligence, Aging, Budget, Energy and National Resources Committee. On the Energy Committee, he chairs the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Prior to serving in Congress, Wyden earned a law degree from the University of Oregon, taught gerontology and worked as an advocate for the elderly.