Health Care for All Oregon

Representatives from organizations including Health Care for All-Oregon, Jobs with Justice, and Physicians for a National Health Program have worked together to produce draft legislative language for a bill that would establish a publicly funded and privately delivered Oregon (single payer) health system: HB 3510 and SB 888. You can find the text of the bill in this section. And you can find an article on the need for single payer by Rep. Dembrow on the Blue Oregon site.

Initial endorsers include: AFL-CIO Oregon • Alliance for Democracy • Alliance for Retired Americans–Oregon • American Association of University Professors–Portland State University • American Federation of Government Employees – AFGE 2157 • American Federation of Teachers Oregon • American Medical Student Association–OHSU • Community Alliance of Tenants • Communication Workers of America 7901 • Eastside Democratic Club • Elders in Action • First Unitarian Church of Portland • Health Care for All-Oregon • IBEW 48 (Electricians) • InterfaithHealth Care Network • ILWU 8 (Longshore & Warehouse) * IUOE 701 (Operating Engineers) • Mad as Hell Doctors • Nurses for Single Payer Health Care–Portland • Oregon Consumer League • Oregon Education Association • Oregon State Council for Retired Citizens • Portland Alliance • Portland Jobs with Justice • Physicians for a National Health Program–Corvallis • Physicians for a National Health Program–OHSU • Physicians for a National Health Program–Portland • Sisters of the Road • United Seniors of Oregon • Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom •

If you would like to endorse the bill — as an individual, an organization, or a business — download the appropriate endorsement form below, fill it out, and email to oregonsinglepayercampaign@gmail.com or mail to HCAO, P.O. Box 51422, Eugene OR 97405.

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On our Resources/Links page, you can find links to information about the bill, a list of responses to possible objections to the legislation, and some other talking points about the bill.