A RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE?

• Position: STATE LINE - Brief article

Should health care be enshrined as a constitutional right? The proposed "Hope Amendment" would have changed Oregon's Constitution to read: "It is the obligation of the state to ensure that every resident of Oregon has access to cost-effective, medically appropriate and affordable health care." Oregon voters won't weigh in on that question for now, as a bill to put the proposal on the ballot...