Articles written by George Ochenski

George Ochenski|Jan 14, 2026

Righting the record on the Affordable Care Act by George Ochenski, Washington State Standard December 16, 2025 With the Affordable Care Act subsidies on the chopping block in the Republican-controlled Congress, it’s no surprise the Lee newspapers did an interview with Montana’s former senator Max Baucus. As the chairman of the Senate’s powerful Finance Committee, Baucus “was chief architect of the Affordable Care Act known as “Obamacare.” According to Baucus: “For 15 months, I had the committee work on health care, and it was totally nonpo... Full story