health care

House Republicans are speeding up efforts to pass tax reform, a key for agriculture, but an American Farm Bureau official says, for procedural reasons, health care reform will come first in the Senate.  AFBF Tax Adviser Pat Wolff said after the House passed its healthcare reform bill as part of a budget adjustment process that will require only a simple majority for the Senate to pass its version.

Stemilt Growers opened their on-site clinic to all their employees in September and President West Mathison said it has helped the bottom line.   “Imagine this: you can provide better service to your people, do it for free. They get a better visit and it actually costs the company less money.”   ...