This is not the first version of the socialized medicine in Oregon. Oregon was one of the states that was chosen for a limited trial version of Hillary Care, during Clinton's second term. I think that it was also tried in Tennessee and Texas and a few other states. (Bush hated it and that's why the Dems were able to make the accusation of poor healthcare for children.
Three years ago, when my father=in=law was dying of lung cancer, some stupid Oregonian politician came on the lung cancer support site to tout the healthcare plan that they were trying to get passed in Oregon when the trial was over.
Do you have an online source for that? I'm not questioning you, it's just that I must have missed that and am curious about it.
I know about the Oregon Health Plan, but it's been around longer than the one you describe. That's a sham. My daughter's sister-in-law is a single mom making $10/hr. She makes too much money to qualify, thus she has no insurance. However, illegals qualify for the plan. It's truly disgusting.