The work of the Governance Board is detailed and confusing. Read our summary of the March meeting of the Universal Health Plan Governance Board at the link in our bio. They made decisions about several things, including their funding proposal to the legislature regarding their next biennium.

Our first webinar of 2026 is on the Medicaid and ACA marketplace changes that we are all gearing up for this year. Join Shanon Saldivar of Saldivar Insurance, Tracy Carver of Project Access NOW, and Lisa Steenson of the Clackamas Free Clinic, Wednesday, January 14 at 6 PM, we hope you can join!

Get the look at hcao.org. Whether you are crowd canvassing at an HCAO event, or our for a walk in the park, show your support for Oregon's transition to something better. Whether you want a Rosie tank or our classic red, Oregon is making it's way towards a new system for every resident.

There are only 5 more meetings of the Universal Health Plan Governance Board before their September deadline. There is an opportunity submit your written comments directly to the Board. They read every message, and these comments are helping to shape the development of the plan.

Portland City Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney was one of our invited elected leaders at the Portland Town Hall Last Week. Every Town Hall is different: State Representatives, Mayors and City Councilors, Advocates and Educators, and members of the Universal Health Plan Governance Board.

Have any of the Board members ever lived under a universal health care system? In the words of Dr. Mimi McDonnell, Executive Director of Oregon's Universal Health Plan Governance Board "no, but that's the dream." Prof. Chunhuei Chi helped Taiwan transition to its current single-payer system.

The Annual UHPGB Report to the Legislature is is the 2026 Annual Report to the Legislature was submitted this past December. Full report available at the link in our bio. The Universal Health Plan Governance Board is working on their transition plan for how we move to a universal healthcare.

Andre Stackhouse is the Executive Director of Whole Washington @wholewashington.bsky.social This clip was from their annual Gala in West Seattle. Whole Washington is preparing for a signature gathering campaign in 2027.

TALK TO THE PEOPLE MAKING THE PLAN. Even if you are aware and highly involved with the work of the Universal Health Plan Governance Board, the process is long, involved, and confusing. Oregon is on track to be the first state to transition to a universal healthcare system, and the time is now.

34 Billion? with a B? Dang. It's almost like there's plenty of money to pay for a universal health care system. Sign our letter to Oregon's Universal Health Plan Governance Board, the group making Oregon's transition plan to a universal health care system.

Sean Duffy: ..."Maybe spending time with your children on a road trip is a wonderful experience" Sen. Gillibrand: ..."It is a wonderful thing, but your vacation was paid for by Boeing, Toyota, United Airlines, Enterprise, Shell, Royal Caribbean Group. ..All organizations and companies you oversee."

You know how the story is framed when Russian spy ships sail close to UK waters? Now watch how the story is framed when an RAF spy plane flies over the Black Sea.

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Jesse Watters: "Once Bessent and Lutnick and Rubio get into a room with all of these guys and knock their heads together, we're getting Greenland."

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Vermont's Journey: Oregon is on track to be the fist state to transition to universal health care, but we are far from the first or only state to make this attempt. Between 2011 and 2014, Vermont made an amazing attempt, but ultimately did not succeed. In Oregon, we must consider the lessons.

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Israeli warplanes have targeted the Qaraoun Dam in southern Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. The Qaraoun Dam is Lebanon's largest dam, serving as a major source of hydropower, irrigation, and drinking water for Lebanese citizens.

It’s feed time for our playful sheep to have ewe nut feed from Caroline. How long will Caroline keep on her feet? @carolineartist.bsky.social

This Day in Buster… May 12, 1928 “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” premieres in New York. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

#ICE abductors active in Middle #Tennessee on Tuesday. #police

Governor Joe Lombardo (R) raised a record $4.28 million in 2025, the most ever by a Nevada governor in a non-election year. With about $5 million already in the bank and another $6 million in PAC funds, Lombardo begins his 2026 re-election campaign with a $15 million war chest.

🇧🇴 #BOLIVIA : What would become of our struggles without the brave women, until the puppet president resigns⁉️

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Anuncios de pisos 'dopados' con IA: Muchas inmobiliarias y particulares usan la inteligencia artificial para que un anuncio destaque. Nuestro compañero Raúl Rivera hace la prueba ⬇

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Ottumwa Art Club (IA) exhibit marks 120th anniversary, first show since 1956 #midwestagendaartnews #womeninart #iowaartists #midwestart

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Iowa Republicans snuck a $2,400+ mandate into a 35-hour budget bill while Hawkeyes were studying for finals. Now UI students could be FORCED to pay for/take classes at a center that literally had to cancel its own courses due to low enrollment. 1/2

Happy Mother’s Day from Geneva Ave — thousands walking, pure energy. Even bumped into Chaplain Clementina Chéry mid-stride. 👟💜 🎯 I hit my goal! Every dollar beyond $250 goes directly to the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute — let’s set a new record! Link🔗 www.mothersdaywalk4peace.org/FitnessFoundry

🎶✨ Throwback to September 29, 1977! Columbia Records dropped Billy Joel's iconic breakthrough album “The Stranger”, which skyrocketed to become the label’s best-selling non-compilation masterpiece ever. #BillyJoel #TheStranger #MusicHistory

ABS confirmed in #Tigers at #WhiteSox (Top 9). Hao-Yu Lee challenged the called strike. Called strike confirmed. HP: Vic Carapazza | Upheld 51.5% (34/66). Result: Hao-Yu Lee called out on strikes.

Party game The Cat in the Hat: Rainy Day Mayhem was announced! Based on the classic children’s books, the new party game lets you enjoy 18 minigames like capturing penguins or decorating a cake, solo or with friends. You can also chase the titular Cat around the house!

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BREAKING: New footage shows Frontier jet hitting trespasser during takeoff at Denver International Airport in Colorado.

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ICE is ripping families apart. Children are being detained. Innocent people are being hurt. And incendiary rhetoric and racist scapegoating from the Trump administration are fueling this harm. My family lived through what happens when fear is normalized. That’s why I won’t stop fighting back.

PORTLAND, Oregon - US veterans rally across the US to say "No war on our cities" and to protest ICE and cuts to veterans programs on Veterans Day.

Despite the Israeli government’s strict wartime censorship, leaked footage from Tel Aviv shows devastating destruction from Iranian missiles.

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The heat pump sector is pretty special in having a strong European manufacturing base. The vast majority of air-to-water heat pumps installed here are assembled here – far more than those assembled in China.

2025 is the year the mainstream media died. What replaces it is up to us. BEEF BOURGUIGNON👇

Thermal drone footage reveals Elon Musk’s AI company xAI running unpermitted gas turbines to power a data center—violating the Clean Air Act.

🇱🇧 El video muestra el momento en que un dron de ataque de Hezbolá impacta una base del ejército israelí cerca del asentamiento ocupado de Beit Hillel. ➡️ Medios israelíes informaron sobre un nuevo ataque con drones lanzado por Hezbolá contra el norte de Palestina ocupada.

Time is irreplaceable. #mannermatters #etiquette #betterlife #famous #oscarpiastri

Russian soldier speaking out about being sent on suicide assaults !! #Ukraine #Russia #Ukrainewar #NAFO

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Este patrón se repite en varias comunidades autónomas. Lo que debería ser una política de acceso a la vivienda se convierte en un negocio con precios de mercado. En Galicia: A los inquilinos se les piden 63.000 € de capital inicial para entrar en un piso de alquiler social.

O PSSR 2 chegou! #playstation #ps5pro

EN CUAJIMALPA | "Se solicita apoyo en la zona de la navidad el agua está subiendo mucho a la altura dl cortijo @C5_CDMX @UCS_GCDMX @Bomberos_CDMX", postea isela Epig. @0303Isela 8:40 p.m. 01 junio 26

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RT @_aj: At @ParchaHQ we saw coding costs explode so we built our own IDE that does routing at the harness level e.g. Claude Code for planning, Codex for long running execution, Cursor for bugs. Plus custom routing, remote sessions, a browser inspector and voice interface. Now it's open-source! 👇