Oregon Ballot Measure 111, the Right to Healthcare Amendment, is an amendment to the Constitution of Oregon that voters passed as part of the 2022 Oregon elections.[1][2] The amendment states that "It is the obligation of the state to ensure that every resident of Oregon has access to cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable health care as a fundamental right."[3] This measure makes Oregon the first state with a constitutional right to healthcare.[4]
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The amendment notes that this "must be balanced against the public interest funding public schools and other essential public services", but does not cover how healthcare would be funded.[5]
Endorsements
- U.S. senators
- Jeff Merkley, U.S. senator from Oregon[6]
- State legislators
- Rob Wagner, majority leader of the Oregon State Senate and state senator from the 19th district[7]
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, state senator from the 17th district[8]
- Tina Kotek, former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and state representative from the 44th district, and 2022 candidate for governor[9]
- Rob Nosse, state representative from the 42nd district[10]
- Labor unions
- Oregon AFL–CIO[11]
- AFT-Oregon[11]
- Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT Local 5017[11]
- Oregon AFSCME[12]
- American Federation of Musicians Local 99[11]
- Oregon Education Association[11]
- Service Employees International Union Oregon State Council (Locals 49 and 503)[11]
- United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555[11]
- Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste[13]
- Oregon AFSCME Retirees Chapter 75[12]
- Political Parties
- Newspapers
- Pamplin Media (Portland Tribune)[16]
- Willamette Week[17]
- The Skanner[18]
- Street Roots[19]
- The Source Weekly[20]
- Eugene Weekly[21]
- Portland Mercury[22]
- Organizations
- Providence Health & Services[4]
- Oregon Nurses Association[23]
- Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon[23]
- CareOregon[4]
- Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center[24]
- Oregon Academy of Family Physicians[25]
- Oregon College of Nurse-Midwives[12]
- Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility[26]
- Physicians for a National Health Program Oregon[12]
- Oregon Public Health Association[27]
- Urban League of Portland[24]
- ACLU of Oregon[28]
- Associated Students of Oregon State University[29]
- Oregon NOW[30]
- Basic Rights Oregon[31]
- Oregon Food Bank[23]
- Oregon Recovers[23]
- AAUW of Oregon[12]
- Portland Jobs with Justice[12]
- Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice[12]
- League of Women Voters of Oregon[7]
- Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network[32]
- Oregon League of Conservation Voters[33]
- Sierra Club Oregon Chapter[34]
- NAACP Portland Branch 1120[35]
- Statewide officials
- John Kitzhaber, former governor of Oregon[36]
- State legislators
- Fred Girod, state senator from the 9th district and former minority leader of the Oregon State Senate[7]
- Betsy Johnson, former state senator from the 16th district and 2022 candidate for governor[4]
- Christine Drazan, former minority leader of the Oregon House of Representatives and state representative from the 39th district[4]
- Kim Wallan, state representative from the 6th district[37]
- Ron Noble, state representative from the 24th district[38]
- Julie Parrish, former state representative from the 37th House district[4]
- Political parties
- Newspapers
See also
References
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