Oregon's Universal Health Plan is ready to review. Leave your comments!
Well... it's not complete, but it's the closest it's ever been.
Oregon's Universal Health Plan Governance Board is finishing up their arduous task of developing a transition plan for our state to move to universal healthcare.
See the draft report here. See all materials from the October 8th meeting here. Click on the + sign on the right of the screen to view all materials.
Their next meeting is in one week, on October 15th.
Submit your public comments directly to the Board here.
Share your written comments by Sunday, October 11th, to be part of the public record for their October 15th meeting.
Register to give verbal public comment 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
Register to speak for ~ 2 minutes here. Register to watch the meeting here.
More Background:
Oregon's Universal Health Plan Governance Board has been tasked with developing a plan for how Oregon can finance, administer, and transition to a Universal Health Plan for every Oregon resident. This Board was created by Senate Bill 1089 in 2022, and they have been working for 31 months developing the best plan in the country for how a state can move to a single-payer system. We can say its the best because... we are the only state with a plan like this.
The Board is discussing, deliberating, and (very likely) voting to complete this report on the 15th of October. The report will go to DCBS (The Department of Consumer and Business Services) for processing and translations, before it is delivered to the Oregon Legislature on December 1st.
Once the report is complete, our legislators will focus on this issue in the 2027 legislative session, and will take this report/framework and put it into a bill. We (Health Care for All Oregon, HCAO) advocate for the legislature to bring this to Oregon voters in 2028.
Take Action:
Sign this petition, to put pressure on our elected officials to prioritize this issue in the 2027 session.
Sign our thank-you letter to the Board. Is there still a lot of work to do in 2027? Absolutely. Is this substantial work, worth applauding? Yes.
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