Current (February 2019) Pending Oregon Health Care Legislation Summarized at Rogue Valley Workshop
Bill Walsh, member of HCAO-RV and the League of Women Voters of Rogue Valley, presented to an audience of nearly 20 Health Care activists a summary of pending health care legislation (including a comparison table of federal bills in an accompanying article). Bill,...
HCAO Recommended Films on Universal Health Care
Sick Around the World- Five capitalist democracies around the world – Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, Great Britain, and Germany – all have health care systems that provide health care for everyone. They have higher life expectancies, lower infant mortality rates,...
Southern Oregon Health Care Meeting – 2019 Federal Proposed HC Legislation
On Sunday, February 3, 2019 Health Care for All Oregon – Rogue Valley hosted a joint training session with Unite Oregon, S Oregon focused on proposed and pending health care legislation at both the state and federal levels. Several...
Rogue Valley Democrats Marsh and Golden Sponsors of LC 1927
From: Sandra Coyner Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 5:37 PM Subject: Re: LC 1927 sponsors as of 1/17/19 I am delighted to see that our two Democrats from Rogue Valley are ALREADY cosponsors of our main bill this session,...
Economic Analysis by PERI of MEDICARE for ALL
https://www.peri.umass.edu/publication/item/1127-economic-analysis-of-medicare-for-all This is a new, comprehensive economic analysis of Medicare for All, by Robert Pollin, et. al., that demonstrates the economic viability of Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All bill, S. 1804. The link takes you to an abstract and...
HOUSE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE – Inform. Meeting Weds, December 12, 2018
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017I1/Downloads/CommitteeAgenda/HHC/2018-12-12-12-00?guid=7ba9c91d-9fbd-0d00-e054-02082091f14b WEDNESDAY December 12, 2018 12:00 P.M. HR 50 Oregon State Capitol 900 Court Street NE, Salem, Oregon 97301 Committee Members: Rep. Mitch Greenlick, Chair Rep. Cedric Hayden, Vice-Chair Rep. Rob Nosse, Vice-Chair Rep. Teresa Alonso Leon Rep. Denyc...
Hospital Letter Urging Patient to Start ‘Fundraising Effort’ to Pay for Heart Treatment
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/24/hospital-letter-urging-patient-start-fundraising-effort-pay-heart-treatment-seen-yet Hospital Letter Urging Patient to Start ‘Fundraising Effort’ to Pay for Heart Treatment Seen as Yet Another Reason America Needs Medicare for All “‘You can’t have a heart unless you do GoFundMe for 10K’ is not a just...
Trump Administration Aims to Privatize, Not Improve, Health Care for Veterans
http://hcao-rv.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=1108&action=edit November 13, 2018 Veterans Health Administration is the largest integrated healthcare system in the country. The author of “Wounds of War” says It is a model we can draw upon for the country, but the corporate media deems...
New PNHP Website Goes Online
November 5, 2018 Dear single-payer supporter, Over the past 30 years, PNHP has built a reputation as a trusted source for evidence-based health policy, information, and tools for single-payer advocates. Each year, nearly half a million visitors access pnhp.org,...
Medicare for All University
Health Care for All Oregon and PNHP Oregon Activists, The national business group Richard Master, producer of Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point and Big Pharma: Market Failure, is affiliated with has developed a simple website explaining for...