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...
Ex-UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon Censures US Healthcare
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/09/25/575201/US-healthcare-Trump-Ban-Kimoon Former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has denounced the United States’ healthcare system as being “unethical”, “unfair” and outright “wrong.” The South Korean politician said, “Nobody would imagine that there should be so many people – 30 million...
OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY – UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE WORK GROUP – MEETING SUMMARY
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/salinas/HealthCareDocuments/Project%20Access%20NOW%20-%20Infographic%20-%202017%20Premium%20Assistance%20Annual%20Report.pdf August 23, 2018 Meeting Summary Dr. Andrew Bindman Report Discussion The work group members introduced themselves. Dr. Bindman introduced himself and his report, A Path to Universal Coverage and Unified Health Care Financing in California. He explained that...
California Single Payer Proposal – Final Report
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/salinas/HealthCareDocuments/2.%20California%20Single%20Payer%20Report%20Final.pdf A PATH TO UNIVERSAL COVERAGE AND UNIFIED HEALTH CARE FINANCING IN CALIFORNIA Executive Summary In March 2017, California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon appointed a Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage to identify the best...
HR 6097 – State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2018’
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/salinas/HealthCareDocuments/3.%20H.R.6097%20%E2%80%94%20115th%20Congress%20(2017-2018).pdf...