Sen. Michael Dembrow, the movement’s leader in the state Legislature, has reintroduced legislation to implement single-payer in Oregon. Broader support exists for a bill to provide state money to figure out how universal healthcare might work and be paid for in Oregon.
The Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division said the state would not be able to meet the responsibilities of the Radiation Protection Services without a significant fee increase for X-rays and tanning beds, but the division’s proposal has run into resistance from Sen. Chip Shields who would like the state to seek more input from businesses hit with the fee hike.
Statewide, 95% of children have the measles vaccine, but nonmedical exemptions are rising. Private schools and charter schools are more likely to have “extraordinarily low rates” of vaccinations.