Healthcare and Firearms: Two Oregon Ballot Measures

Should healthcare be a constitutionally established right in Oregon? Measure 111 proposes to amend the state constitution to provide a "cost-effective, clinically appropriate, and affordable health care" for every Oregon resident.

Measure 114, if passed by Oregon voters, would tighten restrictions on firearm purchases, instituting a system of permits and required safety training for would-be gun owners, enacting these and other requirements into law.

Both of these November 2022 ballot measures are likely to prove controversial.

To provide more information and facilitate discussion about these issues, two knowledgable people, both long-time members of the Jefferson Center, will guide the event. Sandra Coyner serves on the board of directors of Healthcare for all Oregon, which advocates for reform of health care finance. Raoul Salem is a member of the Oregon State Shooting Association and has studied the provision of Measure 114 in detail. While each of them has views on these ballot measures, the intent of the discussion is not to promote one position or another, but to encourage exchanges of viewpoints among attendees.

This event is free and open to the public. It will take place in the Jefferson Center’s space, suite 101, in the Old Armory Building, 208 Oak Street., in Ashland.

For more information on this salon, contact: Tony Davis (tonydavis0@gmail.com)