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SAVE the Date: June 12, 2021
HCAO Annual Virtual Membership Meeting
Single-Payer vs. Universal Care
A Debate on the Future of Health Care
April 13, 9:00 a.m.
(no need to travel)
Join us for a lively two-sided debate designed to be entertaining and to draw out
key policy differences and implications for our community on our hopeful path to universal coverage. Information and registration Sponsored by HCAO and PNHP
HCAO Lane County Chapter to Host Virtual Panel:
Impact of Universal Health Care on Communities
April 21, 6:00 p.m.
An important panel discussion on how publicly provided universal health care would benefit those they serve. Participate from anywhere! Register today!

Presenters: Eric Richardson, (NAACP); Jacob Trewe (DSA); Monica Beilski Boris (AFSCME); and Orin Falvey (Orchid Health)

Sponsors: 350.org; Beyond Toxics; Eugene Democratic Socialists of America; NAACP Lane County; Orchid Health; and American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Local 1724
HOPE Amendment and Task Force Bills Continue Forward
Your Voice Matters
SJR 12 Sign Ons
SJR 12 (the HOPE Amendment to declare access to health care as a right) has passed the Senate and been referred to House Committee on Health Care. Supporting organizations are steadily growing. See the current sign-on statement.
IMPORTANT ACTION:

SB 428 (to continue the Task Force on Universal Health Care) passed the Senate Committee on Health Care and been referred to the Ways and Means Committee. IMPORTANT ACTION: Contact the members of the Ways and Means Committee to share your thoughts.
With your help that these bills will continue to move forward. Time to ensure health care access is a right. Is your state representative or senator a sponsor? If yes, thank them; if not, ask them to sponsor. Check for sponsorship of SJR 12, and SB 428.

Call, e-mail, and schedule meetings with your state representatives and senators. (They will usually set up a meeting using Zoom, so there's no need to travel. It's convenient for you and for them.)
  1. Find your legislator.
  2. Share your healthcare story.
  3. Tell them your thoughts on "healthcare as a human right."
Public Citizen Report: "Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths and Millions of Infections Would Likely Have Been Prevented Under Medicare for All"
A new white paper by Public Citizen, co-authored by HCAO volunteer Kate Thomas, lays out how the for-profit health care system left the U.S. vulnerable and unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. It outlines how a single-payer, government-administrated healthcare system, in which all Americans were covered, would have helped the U.S. response to the crisis and prevented thousands of deaths.


H.R. 1976, to establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program
Legislation guarantees healthcare to everyone as a human right by providing comprehensive benefits, including primary care, vision, dental, prescription drugs, mental health, long-term services and support, reproductive healthcare, and more, with no copays, deductibles, private insurance premiums, or other "cost-sharing."
HCAO Board Endorsements to Improve Lives
Read about these important bills to improve people's lives. Then contact your legislators to support those that are important to you.

  • Controlling Prescription Costs (SB 763 SB 764 & SB 844) in partnership with OCAP
  • Cover All People (HB 3352) request of Rep Campos
  • Healthcare for Part time Faculty (HB 3007 & SB 551) in partnership with AFT-Oregon
  • Racism as Public Health Crisis (HB 2337) in partnership with OPHA
  • Memory Care Standards (SB 703 & SB 714) in partnership of the SEIU
  • Childcare For Oregon (HB 2503) with the Fair Shot for All Coalition
  • Just Enforcement Act (HB 2205) with the Fair Shot for All Coalition
  • Healthy Homes (HB 2842) with the Fair Shot for All Coalition
  • Justice for All (HB 2169) with the Fair Shot for All Coalition
  • Sanctuary Promise Act (HB 3265) with the Fair Shot for All Coalition
Don't Forget: Have Your Say, and Shape the System
Get involved with the public participation to help build the system through your personal testimony.

For assistance, contact
Zainab Alidina, HCAO Legislative Chair (legislative@hcao.org) or
Linda Alband, HCAO Director of Operations (operations@hcao.org).
Your Financial Support Is Needed
HCAO's ability to educate about and advocate for universal healthcare is possible ONLY because of YOU.

For further information and questions, contact Linda Alband (operations@hcao.org).
Please become a member, make an additional contribution, or volunteer.
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