Call the health care tax what it is – a tax: Editorial

Legislators weren’t shy about using the word “tax” earlier this year as they grappled with how to fund Oregon’s Medicaid program. In committee hearings and written testimony, lawmakers, lobbyists and state officials all freely referred to some of the new funding provisions as taxes. That makes sense, considering that’s exactly what they are.

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