HR-6505 – Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6505/text A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices of prescription drugs furnished under part D of the Medicare program. Three Oregon co-sponsors,...
Koch-funded Think Tank Makes the Case for Single Payer
July 31, 2018 Dear colleague: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Thanks to years of educating and organizing, single payer has moved one more notch up the scale of...
Summary of Presentations from National Single Payer Conference held in Minneapolis – June 2018
Last month, nearly 400 labor and social movement activists came together in Minneapolis for the National Single Payer Strategy Conference. The meeting was jointly sponsored by the Labor Campaign for Single Payer and Healthcare Now. Over 3 days, attendees...
Swimming With Sharks: Prospects for Single-Payer
Article from PNHP – Single Payer or Incremental Movement Forward? New Prospects for Single-Payer Activists: Swimming in the Mainstream . . . With Sharks Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H and David U. Himmelstein, M.D. PNHP researchers Steffie...
Are doctors ready to embrace single payer health care?
http://advocacyblog.acponline.org/2018/02/are-doctors-ready-to-embrace-single.html “The Kaiser Family Foundation’s June 2017 tracking poll found (a high) level of support for single payer, with 53 percent in favor and 43 percent opposed.” “Doctors also appear to be warming to single payer, according to some recent polls. And, as I have...
JAMA Article – Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High-Income Countries
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/salinas/HealthCareDocuments/4.%20Health%20Care%20Spending%20in%20the%20United%20States%20and%20Other%20High-Income%20Countries%20JAMA%202018.pdf The United States spends approximately twice as much as other high-income countries on medical care, yet utilization rates in the United States were largely similar to those in other nations. Prices of labor and goods, including pharmaceuticals, and...
Meeting of Senate Interim Committee On Health Care
Meeting began May 23, 2018 at 08:30: A link to the meeting is posted here: http://oregon.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?clip_id=23bca7e8-268d-4f4f-b6f3-472df1de98ab&meta_id=41d807c1-a677-4cc9-a60d-40cb69184da4 Oregon Legislative Information Help | Staff Login Session Bill Committees Reports 2017-2018 Interim Senate Interim Committee On Health Care Follow this Committee: e-Subscribe Email | RSS Meeting Details 5/23/2018 8:30 AM,...
Comparison of Four Internat’l Health Care Systems: Switzerland, Australia, Canada, Germany
This paper, prepared by Jonathan Walker, Graduate Student, Portland State University, May 2018, for the Universal Access to Healthcare Workgroup of the Oregon State Legislature, compares four Western health care systems. https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/salinas/HealthCareDocuments/5.%20PSU%20Jon%20Walker%20-%20International%20Comparsion%20Brief%205.18.18.pdf ...
She didn’t get treated at the ER. But Jessica Pell got a $5,751 bill anyway.
https://www.vox.com/2018/5/1/17261488/er-expensive-medical-bill On October 19, 2016, Jessica Pell fainted and hit her head on a nearby table, cutting her ear. She went to the emergency room at Hoboken University Medical Center, where she was given an ice pack. She received...
Washington State Universal Health Care Initiative Gathering Steam
https://wholewashington.nationbuilder.com/ I-1600 is a ballot measure written and filed by Whole Washington and approved by the Secretary of State on January 24th, 2018. We’re building coalitions, garnering support, and gathering the required signatures to get I-1600 on the 2018 ballot. Join us!...