Universal Health Care in Oregon
Oregon Action, 20.03.2007 12:17
Two Town Hall Meetings In Southern Oregon
Ashland , Friday, March 23 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Pioneer Hall near Lithia Park, 73 Winburn Way
Medford , Saturday, March 24 10:00 - 11:30 AM in the Large Meeting Room at the Medford Public Library 205 S. Central
Healthcare for ALL!
Senators Alan Bates and Ben Westlund are co-chairs of the Senate Special Committee on Health Reform and are traveling the state in March to explain how we can lower healthcare costs and cover everybody, including what people can do to help bring universal care to Oregon.
There is a strong consensus that now is the time for change, and these town hall meetings will be a chance to move universal healthcare forward in the Oregon legislature.
All are invited to: Speak out for healthcare reform and universal healthccare. Please add your voice to support the principles for a just system
Hear about the exciting legislative work on SB 329 and other legislation to develop a roadmap to lower costs and cover all people
For Information call: Oregon Action 772-4029 or email 
rich@oregonaction.org
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Do we need health insurance companies? 14.03.2007 - 15:51 We need to review health care models that work without insurance companies. There are European examples. Also, it would be helpful to have information about large entities that self-insure. sky-high insurance costs> insurance co's 23.06.2007 - 07:47 It is critially important that you understand how a insurance co. works. Eliminating them would cause a devastating consequence in our economy. Who buys the gnma and fnma mortgages? Where is your pension fund invested? How is your 401K invested? When you pay $6000 per year health insurance premiums and you have a $50,000 heart attack, how do you think your $6000 a year turns into enough money to pay for the $50,000 heart attack? It does it because the insurance co pools your money into a larger fund and INVESTS IT, thus earning interest and adding dollars to the pool. Just collecting money from every one is not enough money. And No one i know has any confidence that the government can invest and distribute money better than private industry. If they could, we could all be on medicare. If they could we would have a decent social security system. If they could we wouldn't have a deficit or a "bridge to nowhere". No, I like the insurance co's and anyone who looks at this situatiuon does too. I like shareholders to make profits. I like pension plans and 401ks to have investment opportunities. I like public oversight which I find lacks significantly in the government sector. Public sector employees work harder and more efficiently, anyone who has had to renew their drivers license will agree. Julie Davis> |