August 04 2021
Newspaper asked first-year lawmakers to name a bill that had the biggest impact on equity in Oregon.
My first session as the State Representative for Oregon s House District 28 has drawn to a close and I couldn t be more proud of what my team and I managed to accomplish. In a year that pushed Oregonians to their limits, we pushed ourselves to ours to ensure we did everything we could to help those hurt by the pandemic to get back on their feet.
When I was elected I made a promise to work alongside my community for a future Oregon which represents all of us, not just the few. That is why I believe equity must be more than a buzzword thrown around to draw loose conclusions regarding the injustices of opportunity in our communities. Those injustices are deeper than the inability to participate in certain spaces. They are threaded within the fabric of our communities, not always known or intentional, but ever present all the same.
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Oregon Legislature passed bills improving coverage, costs and equity this session - State of Reform
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Q&A: Rachel Prusak wraps up the legislative session
Share this: is the chair of the House Health Care Committee in the 2021 General Session. First elected to the Oregon House in 2018, Prusak is also a nurse practitioner and clinician.
In this Q&A, Prusak discusses the passage of Cover All People, telehealth access and other health care legislation from this session. She also discusses some of her bills that did not make it through and her interim plans.
Patrick Jones: How do you think the session went? How would you summarize the session?
Rachel Prusak: “In regards to the health care committee I chaired, I am really thankful. The Ways and Means Committee supported the policies that we wanted to move. I think we were really successful. I think that COVID-19 highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of our health care system by pulling the curtain back and exposing the existing disparities, which I have seen for decades as a clinician. It brought [disparities] to the for