Jan. 9: Lobby Day & Rally to Support Single Payer (SB 810)

Published on January 7th 2012

Two years ago, insurance companies helped kill the "public option" in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which took effect in March 2010. But California now has a chance to enact its own "public option" in the form of SB 810 -- the California Universal Healthcare Act -- which would create a statewide single-payer health insurance system.
The Affordable Care Act establishes a competitive insurance marketplace, with state-run health insurance exchanges providing a wide variety of private insurance options starting in 2014. SEIU California is monitoring the progress of implementing legislation. SB 810 by Sen. Mark Leno would make the state the "single payer" for health care, able to drive down costs by eliminating profit and using its massive purchasing power to negotiate discounts.
 
SB 810 is the successor to Sen. Sheila Kuehl's SB 840, which passed both houses of the State Legislature twice (2006, 2008) -- only to be vetoed both times by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. SB 810 will be reintroduced to the CA Senate Appropriations Committee on January 17, 2012.
 
This coming Monday -- January 9 -- hundreds of health professionals, students and activists will rally on the steps of the State Capitol to support SB 810. The campaign is providing bus transportation to Sacramento from San Francisco, Stockton, Richmond, Vallejo, Berkeley, Grass Valley and elsewhere for $40/person sliding scale; no one turned away for lack of funds.
 
11a - 3rd Street and Capitol Mall - March to the Capitol with students, nurses, seniors and others
12p - Rally at Capitol, North Steps
1p - March and action on insurance industry giant with a health fair (lunch provided)
 
• Write to Senator Darrell Steinberg, Senator Mark Leno, and your own State Senator to express your support for SB 810, which will be voted on in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Jan. 17, and possibly on the Senate floor in late January. Find their addresses and websites at http://192.234.213.69/smapsearch/framepage.asp.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Official US Dept. of Health & Human Services consumer site on the Affordable Care Act and health care reform
 

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