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(The JJo rtlau h (ß b seru er_________________________ October 16. 2002 Page A4 O pinion Opinion articles do not necessarily reflect or represent the views o f The Portland Observer E II The Portland O bserver I T O H -I H - C H I E E , P I H I. I S H E K Charles H. Washington USPS 959-680_________ E u Established 1970 I T » C tn r iv E O u te r« « Paul Neufeldt H M ichael Leighton W k i 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., t e k Portland, OR 97211 , P h oto h u m u David Plechl M » N 4 C E K M ark Washington D i S T K IB V T IO N PosrMAsrcn: Send address changes to P o r tla n d O b server P 0 Box 3 1 3 7 , P o rtla n d , OR 9 7 2 0 8 P e r lo d lc a l P o s t a ge p a id In P o r t la n d , OR i S u b s c r ip tio n s a re $ 6 0 . 0 0 p e r y e a r 503-2880033 • FAX503-288-0015 • EMAIL: news@Doniandobserver.com subscriDtion<s>Dortlandotiserver,£Qm , Universal health care initiative em bodies ideals o f M artin Luther King Jr. The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. 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State Conference of the N AACP; Church Measure 23. the "Health Care for All Oregon” Women of Oregon, Multnomah County initiative, has won endorsements from dozens ot Retired Educators; and the Ecumenical groups dedicated to people of all races and back Ministries of Oregon, a group that in grounds. Among these organizations are the Con cludes the African Methodist Episcopal sumers Union; the Oregon, Alaska, and Washington Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, United Church o f Christ and M ethodist Church. EMO sums up its sup port of Measure 23 this way: “EMO upholds its social principal of the right to basic health care for all. We have witnessed over the years many who struggle without basic health care in our current system. Wliile this measure, like other health care systems around the world, has pros and cons, it is a step in the right direction. The measure of society is based upon its willingness to provide the basic needs for all.” Measure 23 ensures access to afford able quality health care for all Oregon residents through a comprehensive in surance plan providing payment for medi cally necessary health services. The key concepts of the measure are medical security, affordability, universal Jackpots ity and choice. It would guarantee that health insur can climb to ance coverage could never be denied if $300 Million you or your family change jobs, retire, or or higher. have a serious, pre-existing medical con dition. It would save you money by get ting rid o f deductibles, co-payments and insurance premiums. All residents of the state would be eligible to choose from any state licensed, certified, or registered health care practitioner. You pick your health care provider, not your HMO! The medical services provided by Measure 23 include prescriptions, inpa tient and outpatient services, vision and dental, long-term care, preventive medi cine, mental health, complementary medi N ew Gam e Starts cine, alternative treatments, and neces sary transportation. Septem ber 4. The campaign against universal health care is being waged by the so-called “Oregonians Against Unhealthy Taxes”, U vn r.ill o dd s a re 1 43. M u s t b e 18 to pttir.Iw su a two-member political action committee ot redeem. Be a s m a rt p layot k n o w yout lim it Problem G am bling H e lp lin e 1 8 00 547-6133. formed on Aug. 13. Its only members are D raw ing s Tuesdays and Fridays a t 8 0 0 P M The Space N e e d le is a re g iste re d tradem ark Mark W. Nelson, a highly paid Salem o f the Space N eedle C orporation a nd is used lobbyist and Ken Yates, listed as a “trade under license. association executive.” by W ai . t B rown Buy whatever you want. «MEG« V -J jîftu o » ® Giving our best. As of Sept. 30, Kaiser Permanente North west, PacifiCare of Oregon, Pacificsource Health Plans, ODS Health Plans, and Blue Cross Blue Shields of Oregon, the biggest players in Oregon’s health insurance and health care industry, had each contrib uted $50,000 or more to defeat Measure 23. These opponents of universal health care have smeared Measure 23’s support ers with an un-American, McCarthyite, red-baiting attack The ploy is to confuse voters by comparing “socialized health insurance” with “socialized medicine.” The ploy has been used before. As a U.S. senator, former President George Bush voted against Medi care as being “socialized medicine.” In fact, Medicare is “socialized health insurance” run by the U.S. government. * Of all the forms of injustice, inequality of health care is the most shocking and the most inhumane. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. True examples of “socialized medicine” are the world-famous National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. Md., employing U.S. Navy doctors, and the new Indian Health Service Hospital, in Fairbanks, Alaska, employing U.S. Public Health Service doc tors. The hard fact is that under our capitalist system, 423,000 Oregonians, including 70.000children, have no health insurance. I believe that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have supported Measure 23. “ If we are to achieve a real equality, the U.S. will have to adopt a modified form of socialism,” King wrote in 1965 while in jail in Selma. Ala. Vote “yes” on Ballot Measure 23. Walt Brown, a retired U.S. Navy JAG Corps com mander, is a longtime advocate o f universal health insurance. He o rigin ally jo in e d the NAACP in 1949 and serves on the steering committee o f Health Care f o r All-Oregon. Brown also serves as C hair Em eri tus, Socialist Party o f Oregon. This November, he's a candidate f o r Congress in Oregon's 3rd Congres sional D is tric t, a seat c u rre n tly held by E a rl Blumenauer. 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