Roy believes Oregon will be the first state in the nation to provide universal healthcare. He has faith in all involved to think bigger. Because what we have right now is not working. 

America is far below every other rich nation on Earth in our lifespans, health outcomes, and costs. It’s nuts. We can do better in Oregon. We can make sure you all have healthcare. So you’re free to start that business, or buy that house, and not fear that you’ll lose it all if you or someone in your family gets sick.

Oregon has long been a leader in health reform

In rural Oregon, it’s harder to find a doctor than it used to be. It’s more expensive to see one, when you do. Because MAGA Republicans in Congress failed to act to preserve health insurance premium subsidies, thousands of working Oregonians and small business owners saw their premiums jump by 100 and even 200 percent. Some had to drop coverage altogether because they simply can't afford it anymore. The predictable outcome in the short term is that some health insurance providers like PacificSource and Providence are leaving the individual market altogether.

And in the next few years, thousands of Oregon families who are otherwise eligible for the Oregon Health Plan stand to lose their health insurance because MAGA Republicans in Congress gutted Medicaid to hand billionaires a permanent tax cut. It was the single greatest transfer of wealth from the poorest to the richest in American history. Oregon GOP legislators didn't make even the tiniest squeak of protest. Our district deserves a representative who will fight for what’s right, not seat-warmers clinging to their deeply unpopular leader while our families suffer. 

Meanwhile, across rural Oregon, private equity firms are buying up hospitals and clinics, squeezing out every dollar before moving on and leaving communities with fewer options and higher costs. The insurance companies and pharmaceutical giants funding all of this have spent decades buying the politicians who write the rules — and those politicians are delivering.

And when it comes to the most personal healthcare decisions — the ones made in exam rooms, in difficult moments, in consultation with doctors and the people we love — Roy believes those decisions belong to patients and their doctors. Not to politicians. Not to insurance companies. Not to a government that has never met you and doesn't know your life. Abortion is healthcare. Roy will fight to keep it that way here in Oregon.