Oregon health care leaders present their legislative concepts for the 2021 session Sydney Kurle | Dec 21, 2020 Share this: During a remote committee meeting on Thursday the House Interim Committee on Health Care met to discuss their legislative concepts for the 2021 legislative session. Most notable among these concepts was the legislators’ commitment to addressing equity in health care, the social determinants of health, and health care affordability.
Charlie Fisher, State Director at the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, began the conversation with a presentation on a potential public option in Oregon. The presentation discussed how a public option may work and which populations would benefit in Oregon. Representative Andrea Salinas mentioned that she is working on a bill that is focused on making a public option possible in Oregon.