HCAO Annual Report for AFSCME RETIREES
HCAO
AFSCME ANNUAL REPORT
When the Pandemic hit March 2020 all gatherings
stopped. This not only affected HCAO
committee meetings, board meetings, annual meetings, it also impacted community
events in which HCAO normally participates with presentations, films, and
tabling.
Surprisingly interest in HCAO is growing. We are increasing membership, and Organizations
are joining or endorsing HCAO. We now
have over 37,000 supporters in our data base plus 136 supporting organizations
and over 200 businesses are now supporters.
We also are growing our chapters throughout the state. We now have 15 chapters.
People are starting to connect the dots. Like 40 plus other countries throughout the
world, people are beginning to understand that publicly provided universal
health care is necessary for our country, if we are to have healthy people able
to compete on a global scale.
There are two bills in the Oregon legislature that will
help us attain our goal of universal care.
SJR12 is the HOPE Amendment which will be a constitutional change
assuring that people in Oregon have a right to health care. Many organizations
are supporting this bill including Oregon AFSCME Council 75.
The other bill is SB428 which will continue funding the
Task Force on Universal Health Care. The 2019 Legislature passed SB770 which
created the Task Force to return to the body its recommendations on how to implement
publicly provided universal care. This will include the amount of resources,
savings, and means to attain those resources. Click here for a quick read. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e96b4280bd5eb45e5cedfd/t/60065bb432820a01445d5a8e/1611029437329/SB770%2BHCAO%2BOne%2BPager%2B20210114.pdf
Many organizations are putting our link on their websites.
AFSCME Retirees have a new website which includes an HCAO blog. https://www.ch75retirees.org/
Thank you Retirees for your support.
Lou
Sinniger
541-954-2356
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