Health Care for ALL Oregon: At the National Single Payer Conference in Oakland
Nine Health Care for All–Oregon activists traveled to Oakland, California, on August 22-24 for strategy meetings held by Healthcare NOW!, the One Payer States network, and the Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare. These were the first joint national...
Videos from Dr. Gerald Friedman’s Tour of Oregon
Our intrepid videographer Mike M. has posted 7 videos from Dr. Gerald Friedman’s series of presentations in support of Health Care for All Oregon. Dr. Friedman is a nationally recognized economist and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst...
Dr. Gerald Friedman Explains the Benefits of Single Payer Health Care
Economist Dr. Friedman recently toured throughout Oregon with a presentation about the economics of our current healthcare system and the benefits of moving forward to a single payer healthcare system. For those of you who missed his presentation, here...
Benefit Concert for Universal, Publicly Funded Health Care for All Oregon
Join us Monday, April 21st at the Grass Shack in Phoenix for a Concert by Singer/Songwriter George Mann with an opening set by Pete Herzog . Enjoy great music and support Universal, Publicly Funded Health Care for All Oregon....
Main Street Alliance presents a Community Forum on Health Care and the Affordable Care Act
Thanks to all that attended this event on March 5th. If you missed out and would like to learn more about the Affordable Care Act and single-payer universal healthcare please email us at info@hcao-rv.org. Wednesday, March 5th at 6:00pm...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: What’s In It For Me?
By Mark Kellenbeck – Since October of last year, Main Street businesses and the communities we work and live in have been inundated with news coverage, advertising, and political plays centered around the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It has...
Oregonian Editorial – Oregon businesses should chip in for universal health care study: Guest opinion
By Mark Kellenbeck, M.L. Mercer and Brian Setzler – One would have to live in a cave not to know that health care in America is changing. Three key issues driving these changes are the need to reduce costs,...
HCAO-RV Monthly Meeting for March 2014
Sunday, March 9th at 5:30pm Grass Shack Restaurant Shoppes at Exit 24 Phoenix, Oregon...
Rogue Valley Community Press presents ‘On the Media’ – Health Care for All Oregon
A special hour-long news analysis and talk show with a live studio audience hosted by Jason Houk with Mark Kellenbech and Wes Brain. This video program also presents the 27 minute version of “The Healthcare Movie” followed by questions...
If we deny health care to undocumented immigrants, can we save money?
By Samuel Metz, MD Let’s break this into specific questions. Does the cost of immigrant health care exceed what they pay? Immigrants subsidize care of for native-born Americans. Medicare receives more in payments from immigrants than it spends on...