Rep. Rachel Prusak

Representative Prusak has worked on the frontlines of healthcare, dedicating herself to her patients for over two decades. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Northeastern University in Boston where she was born and raised, and her master’s in nursing from Frontier Nursing Service. She is a board certified family nurse practitioner and currently provides primary care, palliative care and hospice care to homebound community members. Previously she served as an ambassador to the national health service corp and provided healthcare to communities across the country with an emphasis on addiction treatment and reproductive health care.

In 2018 she was outraged by politicians who tried to eliminate funding for the healthcare of more than a million Oregonians so she fought to protect that health care, ran for office, and won her first race. In her first session she supported funding for Medicaid, and in the latest session she led the charge to make sure Oregon will provide continuity of care to those on Medicaid once the public health emergency ends. Rachel cares deeply about working with others to create a more equitable system where all Oregonians have access to comprehensive primary care that includes behavioral healthcare and reproductive healthcare.