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{{Short description|Failed ballot initiative to establish single-payer healthcare}} |
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'''Measure 23''' (2002) was a [[legislatively referred state statute]] that would have created a [[single-payer health care]] system to provide health care to every person in [[Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/initiative.pdf | title=Initiative, Referendum and Recall: 2000-2004 | author = [[Oregon Secretary of State]] | publisher = [[Oregon State Archives]] | year=2009 | accessdate = 2010-03-23}}</ref> The proposal would have merged all the various funding streams—personal and employer taxes, federal health programs, and the state workers' compensation system—into a single financing system. The system would have covered 100% of medically necessary health care costs with no deductibles or [[cost sharing]]. Prescription drugs, preventive care, mental health services, long-term care, dental and vision care, and many alternative therapies would have been covered as well.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2002/10/28/gvsb1028.htm | title = Oregon to vote on single-payer health care system | author = Hawryluk, Markian | publisher = [[American Medical Association]] | date = 2002-10-02 | accessdate=2010-03-23}}</ref> |
'''Measure 23''' (2002) was a [[legislatively referred state statute]] that would have created a [[single-payer health care]] system to provide health care to every person in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/initiative.pdf | title=Initiative, Referendum and Recall: 2000-2004 | author = [[Oregon Secretary of State]] | publisher = [[Oregon State Archives]] | year=2009 | accessdate = 2010-03-23}}</ref> The proposal would have merged all the various funding streams—personal and employer taxes, federal health programs, and the state workers' compensation system—into a single financing system. The system would have covered 100% of medically necessary health care costs with no deductibles or [[cost sharing]]. Prescription drugs, preventive care, mental health services, long-term care, dental and vision care, and many alternative therapies would have been covered as well.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2002/10/28/gvsb1028.htm | title = Oregon to vote on single-payer health care system | author = Hawryluk, Markian | publisher = [[American Medical Association]] | date = 2002-10-02 | accessdate=2010-03-23}}</ref> |
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The measure was rejected by voters in the general election on November 5, 2002. |
The measure was rejected by voters in the general election on November 5, 2002. |
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| turnoutpct = 69.1 |
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| electorate = 1,872,615 |
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| source = [[Oregon State Elections Division]]: [http:// |
| source = [[Oregon State Elections Division]]: [http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873550] |
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[[Category:2002 Oregon ballot measures]] |
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[[Category:Healthcare reform in Oregon]] |
[[Category:Healthcare reform in Oregon]] |
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[[Category:Healthcare ballot measures in the United States]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:29, 5 April 2023
Measure 23 (2002) was a legislatively referred state statute that would have created a single-payer health care system to provide health care to every person in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] The proposal would have merged all the various funding streams—personal and employer taxes, federal health programs, and the state workers' compensation system—into a single financing system. The system would have covered 100% of medically necessary health care costs with no deductibles or cost sharing. Prescription drugs, preventive care, mental health services, long-term care, dental and vision care, and many alternative therapies would have been covered as well.[2]
The measure was rejected by voters in the general election on November 5, 2002.
Results
[edit]| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 No
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969,537 | 78.51 |
| Yes | 265,310 | 21.49 |
| Total votes | 1,234,847 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,872,615 | 69.1 |
| Source: Oregon State Elections Division: [1] | ||
See also
[edit]- Oregon Health Plan
- Oregon Ballot Measure 50 (2007)
- Health care reform in the United States
- List of Oregon ballot measures
References
[edit]- ^ Oregon Secretary of State (2009). "Initiative, Referendum and Recall: 2000-2004" (PDF). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ Hawryluk, Markian (2002-10-02). "Oregon to vote on single-payer health care system". American Medical Association. Retrieved 2010-03-23.