Brief: What Will Universal Healthcare Actually Require?

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Spirituality, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In 2022, Oregonians passed Measure 111, which amends the state constitution to declare access to affordable healthcare a right for every citizen. As it happens, this was the first ballot Derek voted on when moving to the state. Now that the long journey to universal healthcare is a reality in Oregon, what does that actually entail? Derek is joined by two members of the nonprofit organization, Health Care for All Oregon: Collin Stackhouse, the Social Media Coordinator, and Rebecca Schoon, an Associate Professor of Public Health at Pacific University, who’s on the board. Together, they map out the journey ahead. Health Care for All Oregon Measure 111 passes, giving Oregonians a constitutional right to access affordable health care Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.1	Little that I know that when I moved to Oregon in May 2022, Measure 111 would be on the first ballot that I voted on. The legislation
1:14.8	would amend the state's constitution, codifying health care as a universal right for every
1:20.9	Oregonian. You might have heard me before mention the sorted history of Oregon's state constitution,
1:29.7	being the only state founded in the United States with black exclusionary laws on the books.
1:36.6	So it's nice to actually be moving in a more progressive direction.
1:42.3	I voted yes, and as you'll hear in today's episode, it did pass barely by about
1:49.0	1.5 percentage points, but importantly, it passed. Now, we launched this podcast five years ago
1:57.0	this month. Even before that time, I was a proponent of universal health care.
2:03.0	America is the only wealthy, industrialized nation in the world that doesn't offer citizens
2:07.8	some form of guaranteed health coverage. And it shows. Estimates range from the high tens of
2:15.6	thousands to I've seen 500,000 citizens every year filing for medical bankruptcy.
2:22.3	Even at the low end, that number is despicable. To me, one is despicable. No one should be going bankrupt to cover medical bills.
2:32.3	And yet, we treat the private market as if it's part of
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