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Oregon Maximum Allowable Charge for Healthcare Initiative (2016)
| Maximum Allowable Charge for Healthcare Initiative | |
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| Type | Statute |
| Origin | Citizens |
| Topic | Healthcare |
| Status | Not on the ballot |
| Not on Ballot |
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Oregon Maximum Allowable Charge for Healthcare Initiative (Petition #11) did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute. The measure, upon voter approval, would have provided for a Maximum Allowable Charge (MAC) for healthcare services, supplies and drugs that consumers may be charged. The MAC would have been defined as "the maximum amount a Medicare Beneficiary can be charged under Federal Law" or, if this amount was not known, by the Oregon Governor. The initiative would have instituted a penalty for overcharging consumers, either $5,000 per incident or five times the overcharge, whichever amount was greater.[1]
Path to the ballot
A petition for the initiative was submitted to the Oregon Secretary of State by Mark Soderstrom on June 25, 2014. Proponents needed to collect 1,000 signatures to get the secretary of state's office to draft a ballot title.[2]
A total of 88,184 valid signatures were required in order for the issue to land on the 2016 ballot. No signatures were submitted by the July 8, 2016, deadline.[3]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Healthcare Organizers Protecting the Economy," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Healthcare Organizers Protecting the Economy History," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Initiative, referendum, and referral search," accessed July 8, 2016
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