Presenter Biography
Jennifer S. Arnold, BSN, RN is a current full-time nurse at OHSU in the Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine and part-time MPH student at the OHSU/PSU School of Public Health with an interest in chronic disease management and providing universal healthcare for all.
Bethany Clouse, CID, practices healthcare design at OHSU as a full-time Interiors Project Manager and is a part-time MPH student at the OHSU/PSU School of Public Health. She is working towards a degree in Health Promotion with an interest in mind body health and physical spaces that promote wellbeing.
Program/Major
Health Promotions
Student Level
Masters
Presentation Type
Poster
Start Date
4-10-2025 1:30 PM
End Date
4-10-2025 2:45 PM
Creative Commons License or Rights Statement
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/43472
Subjects
Healthcare Disparities -- United States, Universal Healthcare
Abstract
Historically, the US has chosen not to fund universal health care at every opportunity, leaving our nation as the only industrialized country without some system of health coverage for our citizens and with the worst health care outcomes of any high-income nation in the world. Health care in Oregon is no exception. Our current health care system is financially unsustainable, harmfully complex, and socially unjust, as well as inequitably delivered. Too many Oregonians, because of their race, age, income, geography, or insurance, endure vastly different health care access, varied health care quality, and wide-ranging health outcomes. In 2019, the Oregon legislature created the Joint Task Force on Universal Health Care with the goal of establishing the first state single-payer system in the country. This Policy Brief aims to illustrate the benefits of such a system, including the cost-savings in dollars and cents. This is the moment to lead Oregon's health care transformation and to permanently and positively impact the health of Oregonians and create a better life for all of us.
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Universal Health Care, Oregon
Historically, the US has chosen not to fund universal health care at every opportunity, leaving our nation as the only industrialized country without some system of health coverage for our citizens and with the worst health care outcomes of any high-income nation in the world. Health care in Oregon is no exception. Our current health care system is financially unsustainable, harmfully complex, and socially unjust, as well as inequitably delivered. Too many Oregonians, because of their race, age, income, geography, or insurance, endure vastly different health care access, varied health care quality, and wide-ranging health outcomes. In 2019, the Oregon legislature created the Joint Task Force on Universal Health Care with the goal of establishing the first state single-payer system in the country. This Policy Brief aims to illustrate the benefits of such a system, including the cost-savings in dollars and cents. This is the moment to lead Oregon's health care transformation and to permanently and positively impact the health of Oregonians and create a better life for all of us.
