State Senator Mark Leno
author of the Universal Health Care Act
Senator Mark Leno, author of Senate Bill 810, says that it’s time for Californians to be innovators once again. We can become the first state to enact a publicly funded, privately delivered single payer health care system that will cover everybody and save money.
“Mr. Leno said he agreed to carry the bill in part because he was impressed by what he calls this ‘statewide army of advocates’ who believe that single-payer health care is the answer for the country and that California should show the way. ‘It is one of the fastest-growing social movements in California today,’ Mr. Leno said.” New York Times, February 26, 2010.
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How much would supporters have to spend to get these spots on the 3 primary networks each evening during local news?
Yes we can!
Single Payer SB 810 pays for itself and this is one thing we need in California now.
The first factor in saving healthcare dollars is avoiding the non-value added overhead of the private insurers. They obstruct free market access to doctors, they do not integrate their services into the delivery of care to lower costs, and they add gatekeeper overhead costs to segregate health plan costs rather then offering lower cost comprehensive plans. The second factor is private insurer accountability to see how much money is flowing through their hands and how it is being used. One cannot manage what one cannot see.
Will OneCare cover teeth whitening? I want my teeth to look like Mark Leno's.
The time has come for single payer. Somebody should itemize the cost for an average family and the benefits or rather the lack of benefits. Then take the executives of a given company and list their salaries and the health benefits that those executives get. Then explain that if getting insurance across state lines is a benefit which company in which state has good benefits. There never was competion within the states that have more than one insurance company so how does lifting state boundaries make a difference? The insurance companies have a monopoly. If you check different insurance companies their rates and benefits are about the same. Lets admit the fallacy that competition will solve the problem.
This man says it just right!
How can we get the governor to sign this (it WILL pass, for the 3rd time!)
Or, how close are we to an override of his veto?
I lost my American dream (including the 20+ year home, which my wife, kids & I were evicted from, last Thanksgiving), due to an insurance company placating CA Workers’ Comp system. (Thanks Arnold!)
It’s too late for my family & I, but certainly not too late for Californians to remove the profit motive from the health care equation!