We are a statewide, grassroots organization with local Community Chapters.
Leadership Teams in Albany/Corvallis and Lane County
We are looking for volunteers in other parts of the state to start chapters in their area.
Regular meetings
Eugene:
Lane County Chapter of HCAO sponsors monthly meetings with the Eugene – Springfield Chapter of We Can Do Better (John Kitzhaber’s Archimedes Movement) every First Wednesday of the month from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at Eugene Water and Electric Board, in North Building (left of the fountain at the river bike path) in Community Room (follow signs). For more information: Charlotte (953-0148) http://hcao-eugene.org.
Albany/Corvallis:
Mid Valley Health Care Advocates meet monthly 7 p.m., last Thursday of the month, Corvallis Caring Place, 750 NW 23rd, Corvallis
for more information: Mike Huntington (541-745-5635).
People interested in getting involved in the Corvallis area can contact:
Joe and Lois Marie Zaerr, House Meeting Coordinators: If you want to host a house meeting to inform your friends and neighbors about health reform activities.
During 2002 we collected around 100,000 signatures to place a pioneering ballot initiative on the November 2002 ballot. However, the thousands of hours of volunteer labor could not counteract the the $1.3 million spent on television ads and direct mail by insurance and hospital holding companies.