Healthcare Union Files 5 Ballot Issues Targeting Oregon Hospitals

Local 49 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents healthcare workers in Oregon, has filed five ballot measures on topics like hospital pricing and transparency, according to a report by The Oregonian.

According to the report, the ballot measures — part of a "Act Now for a Healthy Oregon" campaign — include the following:

•    Cap hospital executive salary to 15 times the salary of the lowest-paid employee
•    Require hospitals to spend at least 5 percent of service costs on charity care
•    Require hospitals to publicly post common procedure costs
•    Limit prices for larger hospitals
•    Require hospitals to publicly post quality of care data

The measures were filed for the November 2014 ballot.

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