Kurt Schrader for Congress

Kurt Schrader's Leadership on Health Care

As a longtime veterinarian, Kurt Schrader knows how to keep our friends in the animal kingdom happy and healthy. But as a State Senator, Kurt has done even more to improve the health care of Oregon’s humans:

  • Improving Insurance Coverage: Kurt helped pass legislation that requires insurance companies to cover vital preventative services including: mammography, cervical cancer screening, clinical breast exams and prostate exams.

  • Protecting Services for Seniors: As the Co-Chair of the legislature’s budget-writing Joint Ways and Means Committee, Kurt managed through tough financial times to protect services for seniors. That includes establishing a permanent, stable funding source for Oregon Project Independence, which provides home care assistance that allows seniors to stay living independently in their homes instead of being forced into expensive nursing homes. This not only helps seniors, but saves tax dollars as well. Kurt also protected senior’s access to long term care.

  • Preserving the Oregon Health Plan: Kurt continued funding for all currently eligible children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities.

  • Lowering the cost of Prescription Drugs: Just as he promised, Kurt created the bulk purchasing program that allows low income seniors to pay less for their prescription medicines. And Kurt co-sponsored the bill to expand the program to all Oregonians without prescription drug coverage.