The drive to achieve secure and affordable health care for every Oregonian has just begun.

Welcome!

Volunteers take to the streets calling for Health Care For All!

Health Care for ALL – Oregon (HCA-O) is working for secure, affordable health care for each and every Oregonian. We believe the best way to do this is through a universal, single-payer health care system for every resident of the state. With everyone in the same insurance pool, we can lower costs while providing more comprehensive services than what most residents receive now.

We are a statewide, grassroots organization with local Community Leadership Teams in Portland, Albany/Corvallis, Lane County, and the Rogue Valley. We are looking for volunteers in other parts of the state to start chapters in their area

During 2002 we collected around 100,000 signatures to place a pioneering ballot initiative on the November 2002 ballot. However, the thousands of hours of volunteer labor could not counteract the the $1.3 million spent on television ads and direct mail by insurance and hospital holding companies.

Many reform-minded groups – and even some opponents – encourage us to modify Measure 23's language and to try again. We are currently working to build a much stronger coalition and to fundraise as we look towards placing a measure on the ballot in 2008.