Portland JWJ Health Care Committee

10/13/2026

TODAY - Tuesday, 10/13 at 2 pm in SE Portland PCC
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EJ1zKmVHZ/

Portland, come join me and Representative Janelle Bynum TOMORROW for a Town Hall to discuss our critical need for Medicare for All – and exactly how we can win this fight!

It means the world to me that Janelle has signed on to support my Medicare for All bill. With allies like her, we can’t lose.

RSVP now: https://buff.ly/PBS3iob

10/13/2026

A majority of Democrats support Medicare for All, and a plurality of independents (47%) , while just 52% of Republicans oppose it.

Latest Axios/Ipsos American Health Index: Americans continue to hold mixed views of AI’s role in healthcare

10/05/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19T5u4JaHj/

10/01/2026

A tale of health insurance denials, the use of AI resources by the insurer and the appeal by the patient, and the importance of being a squeaky wheel when an insurance company denies needed medical care.

And...need we say?....more reasons to get rid of private insurers and support single payer health care!

After UnitedHealthcare denied his surgery, Donald Grant took his 11-page legal and medical appeal straight to UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley — and got his request approved.

09/06/2026

Private healthcare costs keep going up. It's time for single payer - publicly funded, universal health care. Good for all of us.

As healthcare costs keep climbing, workers could face higher bills, fewer choices and changes to their health benefits.

08/29/2026

https://theintercept.com/2026/07/31/immigrants-healthcare-medicare-fraud-scam/?link_id=5&can_id=829239fa39eee2cee9016f1e2a533b36&source=email-subjecy&email_referrer=email_3377420&email_subject=dig-in-_-august-newsletter-is-here

Corporations, not immigrants, are responsible for most health care fraud! Of course we know this...but it's nice to see it documented and publicized.

Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on healthcare fraud doesn’t even mention them.

08/26/2026

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-us-healthcare-system-is-already?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=277517&post_id=210728995&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=cd2hx&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

And there’s nothing radical about wanting to end insurance company parasitism

08/25/2026

Has everyone seen this recent research from Yale? Confirming once again that single payer health care - especially national! - could cover everyone and save the system vast amounts of $.

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

08/25/2026

https://www.healthjusticemonitor.org/neoliberalism-the-failure-of-us-health-care/

A new book by a prominent health policy expert explains how the neoliberal “profits first” approach advanced half a century ago in the US undercuts our health care.

07/11/2026

Sign a petition - to insist that the 2027 Oregon legislature act to keep universal health care a priority! It's an easy action!

Sign our petition to send a clear message to our state legislators: Give Universal Health Care in Oregon a FAIR SHOT.

The state-sponsored Universal Health Plan Governance Board (UHPGB) is building their Universal Health Plan.

This plan will be submitted in September but could disappear if it is not written into a bill that is then introduced to the 2027 Legislative Session.

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/oregonians-want-universal-health-care-make-it-a-priority-dont-let-the-plan-die?source=direct_link&