Health provider tax still held hostage; dependents concerned
Provider tax held hostage, Day 10.
For a second week, Oregon state Senate Republicans are refusing to release the health provider tax, which collects $750 million from providers and then draws twice as much from the feds. This raises the mathematical question:
If you're holding $2 billion hostage, how much do you want in ransom?
And are there that many small bills in circulation?
Read the full article here. Discuss below.
Posted on May 24, 2013
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