2002 Oregon Ballot Measure 23

Failed ballot initiative to establish single-payer healthcare Measure 23 (2002) was a legislatively referred state statute that would have created a single-payer health care system to provide health care to every person in the U.S. state of Oregon. https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/initiative.pdf Initiative, Referendum and Recall: 2000-2004 Oregon Secretary of State Oregon State Archives 2009 2010-03-23 2025-10-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20251003191748/https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/initiative.pdf dead The proposal would have merged all the various funding streams—personal and employer taxes, federal health programs, and the state workers' compensation system—into a single financing system. The system would have covered 100% of medically necessary health care costs with no deductibles or cost sharing. Prescription drugs, preventive care, mental health services, long-term care, dental and vision care, and many alternative therapies would have been covered as well. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2002/10/28/gvsb1028.htm Oregon to vote on single-payer health care system Hawryluk, Markian American Medical Association 2002-10-02 2010-03-23 The measure was rejected by voters in the general election on November 5, 2002. Results thumb|260px|Results by county: #dedebd No #BCBC83 60–70% #8B8B54 70–80% #5D5D2D 80–90% Measure 23 (2002) 265310 969537 69.1 1872615 Oregon State Elections Division: See also Oregon Health Plan Oregon Ballot Measure 50 (2007) Health care reform in the United States List of Oregon ballot measures References Category:2002 Oregon ballot measures Category:Healthcare reform in Oregon Category:Healthcare ballot measures in the United States