Documentation of Public Support

The September 2007, CBS News poll reported that 55 percent of Americans “think having one health insurance program covering all Americans that would be administered by the government and paid for by taxpayers” “would be better for the country” than “keeping the current system where many people get their insurance from private employers and some have no insurance." http://www.pollingreport.com/health.htm

The October 2007 Gallup poll reported that 54 percent of Americans favor “establishing a national healthcare system funded by the government, similar to the ones in Canada and Europe.” http://tinyurl.com/ny7nd8

The December 2007 Associated Press/Yahoo poll reported that 65 percent of Americans believe that “the United States should adopt a universal health insurance program in which everyone is covered under a program like Medicare that is run by the government and financed by taxpayers.” http://tinyurl.com/lgzebr, Page 15

The January 2009 CBS News/New York Times Poll reported that 59% of Americans (up from 40% in 1979) said that “the government in Washington should provide national health insurance,” and that this is not “something that should be left to private enterprise.” http://www.pollingreport.com/health.htm

A national single-payer program of payment for medical care or H.R. 676, with 93 co-sponsors in Congress) has been endorsed by:
·         59 percent of practicing physicians nationwide. http://tinyurl.com/c4fgsj

·         The Oregon Nurses Association, the Oregon Academy of Family Practice, the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals

·         The Oregon Education Association, and the Oregon affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers

·         The US Conference of Mayors (a nonpartisan organization of approximately 1100 mayors representing cities with populations of 30,000 or more) http://tinyurl.com/5sz87b.

·         The AFL-CIO of Oregon, 38 other state AFL-CIO’s, and more than 475 other union organizations including more than 20 in Oregon http://tinyurl.com/koqwjz.  (The national AFL-CIO organization endorced single payer healthcare on 9-15-09.)

·         More than 40 city, county, and state governments, including Lane County (http://tinyurl.com/kwele6) and Multnomah County in Oregon (http://tinyurl.com/lrvl9u).

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Establishing a National Single-Payer Program of Payment for Medical Care
to Provide Everyone with Equal Access to Quality Medical Care

Oregon Unions, Counties, and Other Entities Endorsing Single-Payer

Unions/Labor Bodies/Coalitions

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, Portland
American Federation of Government Employees Local 2157, Portland
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 75, Salem
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 3214, Eugene
American Federation of Teachers Local 2277, Portland
American Federation of Teachers, Oregon
American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Southern Oregon Local, Medford
Central Oregon Labor Council of AFL-CIO, Bend
Communications Workers of America Local 7901, Portland
Eugene-Springfield Solidarity Network/Jobs with Justice
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48, Portland
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 206, Portland
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local 10, Portland
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 5, Portland
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Oregon Area District Council
Laborers International Union of North America Local 483, Portland City workers
Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties Central Labor Council
National Association of Lettercarriers Branch 82, Portland
Oregon State Council of Lettercarriers
Northwest Oregon Labor Council
Oregon AFL-CIO
Oregon District Council of Machinists
Oregon Education Association
Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
Oregon Nurses Association
Portland State University Faculty American Federation of Teachers Local 3571
United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 290, Portland
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 247, Portland
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, Tigard
United Steelworkers Local 8378, McMinnville
Portland Jobs with Justice
Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice
Southern Oregon Central Labor Council

 

Counties

Lane County (04/01/09)
Multnomah County (07/16/09)

 

Other Entities

Oregon Academy of Family Practice
Oregon Physicians for a National Health Plan

Herman M. Frankel, M.D. compiled this listing on August 13, 2009, drawing upon materials

prepared by Portland Jobs with Justice, Michael Munk (Portland), and others.