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The Legislative Committee meets on the 2nd Friday of every month from 10:15 – 11:45am at Good Samaritan Episcopal Church in Corvallis.
Our Outreach and Communications Committee meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 7 – 8pm on Zoom.
The Oregon Universal Health Plan Governance Board has been tasked, under Senate Bill 1089 (passed in 2023), with developing a state-wide universal healthcare plan, to be reviewed and approved by the Oregon legislature starting in the fall of 2026.
Across the United States, public institutions are quietly changing employee health insurance programs in ways that raise costs, reduce coverage, and threaten the well-being of their workers. On October 1st, 2025, Oregon State University (OSU) Graduate Students’ health insurance switched from Pacific Source to Cigna Healthcare. This came less than a year after the Coalition for Graduate Employees’s (CGE) weeks-long strike to negotiate better wages. According to CGE members, this decision was made without CGE’s input or consent.
Since June 1971, Community Outreach Inc. (COI) has been a resource in “helping people help themselves lead healthy and productive lives”. With the Corvallis location just off 9th street, COI provides shelter services, behavioral health treatment, and free medical services. At a time when medical care continues to rise in cost and complexity, COI provides a lifeline to those who need it most.
Join our public meeting on the fourth Monday of the month at the Corvallis Unitarian Universalist Fellowship: 2945 NW Circle, Corvallis. Or, join us virtually on ZOOM → HERE. Attend and learn about our work to bring efficient and fair health care to all Oregonians. This meeting is open to the public, so feel free to bring along anyone you like! EVERYBODY IN – NOBODY OUT