Articles written by Paula Surmann

Paula Surmann|Updated Apr 11, 2017

A great idea is floating around Central Oregon: Why not join with California and Washington in a West Coast universal healthcare system? It's time for healthcare to be treated as a human right, not a luxury. After all, we aren't living in a Third World country but in the greatest nation on earth. All of us would receive services that fight the biggest causes of disease and death. Universal healthcare also protects us from the bankruptcy and poverty that can result from huge medical bills. We currently risk using up our life... Full story