BY SARAH ROSS
SALEM- An amendment to guarantee health care to all Oregonians narrowly failed in a House floor vote Friday morning.
The amendment proposed by Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, would have put forth a constitutional amendment to be voted on by the Senate and then brought to the ballot for a statewide vote from the citizens. The legislation offered an amendment creating a state obligation ensuring that every legal resident of the state has access to “effective, medically appropriate and affordable health care.”
Thirty legislators, all Democrats, voted in favor of the bill. 28 legislators opposed it, including all Republican representatives and five Democrat representatives. The bill required just 31 votes to pass the House.
