Sources Say: Care Act makes Merkley a bit ill

Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley is emerging in the national news media as a prime example of a Democrat up for re-election next year and panicked by the problems with the Affordable Care Act. ✧ Just a few weeks ago, Merkley was such a strong defender of Obamacare that he attacked Republican challenger Monica Wehby, a Portland pediatric surgeon, for opposing it. ✧ But since then Merkley repeatedly has criticized the program’s website problems and required cancellation of substandard programs. Last week he co-sponsored a bill to allow people who had their insurance policies canceled to keep them for another year. Read more at Portland Tribune… Read More......