Universal healthcare is the Holy Grail of progressivism, as the Left longs for the utopia of free healthcare for all. But the Left doesn&#8217;t realize that utopia is unachievable and attempts to create it result in a tyrannical disaster. Nowhere is this more evident than in Oregon&#8217;s failed attempts to achieve universal healthcare.
Mark Hemingway had an excellent piece in <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-guinea-pig-state/article/781565">The Weekly Standard</a> from 2014 chronicling the ups and downs of Oregon&#8217;s healthcare reform efforts. He explained that it all began in 1990s, when John Ritzhaber presided over Oregon&#8217;s state senate at the time of crafting the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) and eventually became governor of the state. The OHP aimed to expand Medicaid through rationing; more people would be covered in exchange for less services provided.

Oregon Has Been Trying For Years To Achieve Universal Healthcare. And It’s Been A Giant Fail.

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