If I had my ‘druthers’ I would have preferred federal passage of the ( former Representative Ron) Dellums National Health Service Act. The NHSA would have created (as an alternative to the private health care sector) a socialized health care system run democratically at the local health service delivery level by elected boards of (50% each) the workers in the system and the communities served by hospitals and clinics. The next best thing is the “public option” and/or “single payer” systems that have been proposed.
Single payer legislation by Senator Mark Leno of San Francisco is on the verge of State Senate passage. To see what the legislation actually says, go to:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0801-0850/sb_810_bill_20110510_amended_sen_v98.html
To do something about it, see the following legislative alert and take action:
Decision to Move SB 810 to a Senate Floor to Be Made on Thursday at 10am - 24 Hours from now.
We Need Everyone to Contact Legislators Today (Wed)
And
We Need Volunteers to Call Constituents in Key Senate Districts to Encourage calls to their Senator for SB 810
Dear Supporters of SB 810, the California Healthcare Insurance Act,
We need thousands of calls or emails to Senators Steinberg, Kehoe, and your State Senator today. You can find your State Senator here.
On Thursday, January 19, State Senate leaders Darrel Steinberg (Senate pro tem) and Christine Kehoe (chair of Appropriations Committee) will decide if SB 810 will be voted on by the full Senate. A key factor in making their decision will be the support they hear from other State Senators. We need the other Senators to let them know that their phones are ringing off the hook from constituents.
Please call to make a simple request that you want the Senate to pass SB 810.
SB 810 will deliver healthcare to everyone and spend our resources wisely by removing the insurance industry from our lives.
Senator Steinberg can be reached at
916-651-4006 or [email protected]
Senator Kehoe can be reached at
916-651-4039 or [email protected]
Your State Senator can be found here.
Please let us know if you have called and who is your State Senator.
We also need volunteers to call constituents in key senate districts today. I will send you a script and numbers.
We have the names and phone numbers of thousands of SB 810 supporters who do not have emails. Our experience has shown that people are activated 20 times more by a phone call than an email alert.
Please let me know how many calls you can make.
Thank you,
Don Bechler
Chair - Single Payer Now
415-695-7891
www.singlepayernow.net
