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Oregon Universal Health Plan Group Hastens to Meet Deadline - Willamette week.
Oregon Universal Health Plan Group Hastens to Meet Deadline - Willamette week.
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HCAO on CBS: Oregon eyes nation's first universal healthcare system. Will it work?
HCAO on CBS: Oregon eyes nation's first universal healthcare system. Will it work?

Health Care for All Oregon was highlighted by Markian Hawryluk and Christena Dowsett for KFF Health News.

Oregon eyes nation's first universal healthcare system. Will it work?

Read the full article at cbsnews.com

“Oregon's proposal seeks to maintain the current level of spending on healthcare by government, business, and consumers with new corporate and personal taxes to replace insurance premiums and other out-of-pocket costs. Those would be combined with federal and state spending to create a single fund from which all hospitals, doctors, and other practitioners would be paid.”

Photo by Christena Dowsett for KFF Health News

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Featured in the Willamette Week: “Oregon Universal Health Care Plan: Delayed but, Backers Say, Still Very Much Kicking”
Featured in the Willamette Week: “Oregon Universal Health Care Plan: Delayed but, Backers Say, Still Very Much Kicking”

Featured Article and a Letter to the Editor in the Willamette Week

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A Tale of Two Behavioral Health Systems
A Tale of Two Behavioral Health Systems

Photo by Astra Linbcoln

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New Report Shows Major Challenges Ahead In Oregon Health Care
New Report Shows Major Challenges Ahead In Oregon Health Care

Around 200,000 low-income adults will lose Medicaid coverage, and billions in funding will be lost due to new federal policies. Universal healthcare provides a path forward.

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Debunking Every Argument You Hear Against Universal Healthcare
Debunking Every Argument You Hear Against Universal Healthcare
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Vermont’s Journey
Vermont’s Journey
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Rick Staggenborg on Something (Rather than Nothing) Podcast
Rick Staggenborg on Something (Rather than Nothing) Podcast
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Nursing Is a Hard Gig: Why Profit Is Killing Care and Single-Payer Is Our Best Shot
Nursing Is a Hard Gig: Why Profit Is Killing Care and Single-Payer Is Our Best Shot
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HCAO Stands In Strong Opposition to ICE and Authoritarianism
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HCAO Stands In Strong Opposition to ICE and Authoritarianism
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Statement from the HCAO Board: Policy on Strategic Focus and Issue Prioritization
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Statement from the HCAO Board: Policy on Strategic Focus and Issue Prioritization
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Universal healthcare not viable without cost control
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Universal healthcare not viable without cost control
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Letter to the editor: Oregon’s universal health journey is headed in the right direction
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Letter to the editor: Oregon’s universal health journey is headed in the right direction
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ACA tax credits helped more Oregonians find coverage. Will Congress keep them?
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ACA tax credits helped more Oregonians find coverage. Will Congress keep them?
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Readers respond: Shutdown could lead to universal health care
Readers respond: Shutdown could lead to universal health care
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Letter: ‘Publicly funded universal health care is the answer’
Written By HCAO Office
Letter: ‘Publicly funded universal health care is the answer’
Written By HCAO Office
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Written By HCAO Office
5 ways our health care system has become utterly insane
5 ways our health care system has become utterly insane
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Medical Matters from the Lane County Medical Society
Medical Matters from the Lane County Medical Society
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Shutdown tests if health care is a core value.
Shutdown tests if health care is a core value.
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Watch the Labor Seminar 2025: Winning True Health Security
Watch the Labor Seminar 2025: Winning True Health Security
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Lou Sinniger and Collin Stackhouse of KRVM 91.9!
Lou Sinniger and Collin Stackhouse of KRVM 91.9!
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Could Oregon chart the course for universal health care in the US?
Could Oregon chart the course for universal health care in the US?
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HCAO’s Nick Campbell interviewed on The Young Turks!
HCAO’s Nick Campbell interviewed on The Young Turks!
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HCMO Survives Oregon's Health Care Market Oversight Program Survives Legal Challenge
HCMO Survives Oregon's Health Care Market Oversight Program Survives Legal Challenge
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Report: Health Care Costs are Rising
Report: Health Care Costs are Rising
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