{"id":1631476,"date":"2022-09-02T21:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1631476"},"modified":"2022-09-02T21:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:04:17","slug":"oregon-task-force-aiming-to-roll-out-universal-health-care-plan-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-task-force-aiming-to-roll-out-universal-health-care-plan-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Task Force Aiming to Roll Out Universal Health Care Plan in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foregon-task-force-aiming-to-roll-out-universal-health-care-plan-in-2026%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1631476&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-oregon\">Oregon<\/a> hopes to once again take the lead in implementing progressive policies\u2014this time by being the first state in the nation to roll out a universal, or \u201csingle-payer\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-health\">health<\/a> care system.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two years, the 20-member state-appointed Oregon Joint Task Force on Universal Health Care\u2014comprising four legislators, public officials, tribal members, and health care and community advocates\u2014has been outlining the details of a system in which all Oregonians would be covered by a health <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-insurance\">insurance<\/a> plan funded by new individual income taxes (up to 15 percent for high earners) as well as a new payroll tax paid by employers.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, the plan would be implemented in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Universal Health Plan Proposal, all people living in Oregon would be covered by a plan that \u201cwould be more generous than most current plans,\u201d according to the task force\u2019s summary.<\/p>\n<p> Including Primary Care <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plan would cover, at the least, services now offered to people on a Medicaid, Medicare, or Affordable Care Act plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Universal Health Plan would not require patients to pay when getting care,\u201d the proposal states. \u201cSo, there would be no co-pays or deductibles. Instead, people would pay new taxes based on their ability to pay. Under the plan, medical debt for covered services would no longer exist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is because all covered services would be fully paid by the plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Participants could see any participating health care professional and benefits would include primary care, dental, vision, prescriptions, specialists, hospitals, behavioral health practitioners, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term care would be provided by the Department of Human Services for those eligible for Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>The plan would provide free health care regardless of immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-state residents who work for Oregon-based employers, as well as their dependents, would also be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>One source would pay all claims with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon hopes to once again take the lead in implementing progressive policies\u2014this time by being the first state in the nation to roll out a universal, or \u201csingle-payer\u201d health care system. 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