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See this great opinion in the Oregonian: "Readers respond: Affirm health care values this November".

Inform everyone in your circle and network that the Right to Health Care Measure 111 is on the ballot this November and to vote in 2022. Donations are needed directly to the campaign to help secure this important right. Donate directly to the Right to Health Care PAC here.

To register to vote or to update your registration go the State of Oregon Elections.

Have you heard the value-based care buzz? Author and single-payer organizer Kay Tillow has this to say about the assertions that this transformation brings equity, improves care, and saves money: "They have no evidence to back up their assertions. But the scheme to move to value-based care and to shove risk onto physicians imposes profit-making managers into the system, shifts the profit incentive from more care to denial of treatment, and expands opportunities for venture capital, private equity, and insurance companies." Read “Value-Based Care” is a Pretext for Privatization in Counter Punch.

The Joint Task Force on Universal Health Care (JTFUHC) is in it's final month. On September 1, they were presented with a summary of the community listening sessions done by Lara Media. These focus groups and regional listening sessions were a first of its kind on universal health care. Community groups from across the state and from those often marginalized were in strong alignment with charge of the JTFUHC. Listen to the "Public Engagement Wrap Up" beginning at the 30:54 mark

Listen to the testimony here beginning at the 3:52 mark. Read full testimony here.

This Lund Report article by Christian Wihtol warns of the dangers: Private Equity Purchases Squeeze Physician-Owned Practices. The article examines a just published study in JAMA Health Forum.

"Private equity firms that buy physician-owned practices appear to be squeezing greater profits out of the businesses, suggests research by a group of doctors, including an assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.... For-profit companies have long owned a big slice of the U.S. health care sector, but the growing role of private equity firms — and the steep financial returns they seek — has alarmed some researchers. The new study shifts the focus beyond hospitals and larger chains to look at doctor offices." You can read the article here (access may be limited).

To get full access consider subscribing to the Lund Report (a nonprofit publication).

A strong contingent of volunteers built awareness with hundreds at the East Portland Sunday Parkways on August 19 in partnership with HCAO member organization Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Chapters around the state passionately spread the message that HCAO is fighting for equitable, affordable, comprehensive, high-quality, publicly funded healthcare! To join the action in your community to build awareness and gain supporters contact your local Chapter Chair or Kate Pfister-Minogue at mobilization@hcao.org.

To volunteer complete the volunteer form

Step into action. Write your own LTE. Get your personal message out in this fight for universal healthcare. Here is how. (list of newspapers)

Story sharing is another powerful tool in the movement. Share your story and/or help others share theirs at https://www.hcao.org/share-your-story.

For further information and questions, contact Linda Alband (operations@hcao.org).