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Rev. Jim Burklo of the California Council of Churches sees California OneCare as the solution to the moral bankruptcy of our current, broken health care system, because it would minimize suffering and save lives.

As Geri Jewell says, “Nobody should be able to decide who gets health care and who doesn’t.” With single payer health care, everybody is covered, all the time, for everything.

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There are nearly 7 million Californians without health insurance. Sumi Haru wants to know how anybody can think that that’s okay. Single payer, California OneCare would cover everybody, no exceptions.

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Be ready! Single payer means eliminating insurance companies for good. But they’re not going to go without a fight. F.J. O’Neil reminds us, “Whatever they say or do, don’t believe it. Just remember that single payer is the only answer.”

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In Spanish, actor and filmmaker Rafael Leyva reminds us that as California goes, so goes the nation. “We have a chance to show the rest of the country how successful a single payer health plan will be,” he says. “Join the campaign for California OneCare.”

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Writer Louise Williams remembers when we used to have the same family doctor for generations. Now you're lucky if your doctor stays on your insurance company's approved list for six months. Single payer, California OneCare, would mean that you could choose and keep any doctor you wish for as long as you like.

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Louise Williams remembers when we used to have the same family doctor for generations. Now you’re lucky if your doctor stays on your insurance company’s approved list for six months. Single payer, California OneCare, would mean that you could choose and keep any doctor you wish for as long as you like.

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Last weekend, Physicians for A National Health Program California held a conference in Los Angeles on SB 810 – Single Payer for all Californians. It was attended by more than 150 enthusiastic and eager people. Speakers included Dr. Margaret Flowers, who was arrested at Senator Max Baucus’s Senate Finance Committee hearing which put single payer off the table; Dr. Paul Hochfeld, leader of The Mad As Hell Doctors’ tour; and former state Senator Sheila Kuehl.

They all gave inspirational messages and examples from practical experience. Representatives of state Senator Mark Leno, California Teachers Association, California Nurses Association, California State Employees Association and California OneCare also participated.

Among the important messages were:

• There is a growing state and national movement in support of Medicare for All
• Obama’s health reform package is too complex and costly – especially for companies, individuals and families
• The federal reforms won’t work as well because there are too many giveaways to health insurance companies
• Electing a governor in November who will preserve the community’s safety net and improve civic participation in California is crucial
• Universal health care is just one brick in the foundation needed to reverse our county’s decline into income polarization and corporate control
• True success for SB 810 is a long term project, probably taking seven to ten years and a ballot initiative to achieve.

More information and copies of presentations are available at the PNHP California website and on the organization’s Facebook page.

Jeoffry B. Gordon, MD, MPH

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It doesn’t matter how young or healthy you are, says Natalie Lander, one day your body will betray you. Her dad, David Lander, adds that when that happens, you want the best that medical science can give you. But if you don’t have insurance, or your policy is cancelled, you’re out of luck. That’s why they both support single payer, California OneCare, full care, for all, for less.

Stanley and Betty Sheinbaum explain what single payer means. All the health care premiums go into one pot and from that pot all health care providers including doctors, hospitals, even dentists are paid. Single payer California OneCare is the health care plan that makes sense.

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Many of us can lose our health insurance coverage if we change or lose jobs. For freelancers like actor David Clennon, the fear is even worse because his coverage depends on how much he earns in any given year. He’s been lucky so far, but if he had a bad year, he’d lose his coverage for himself and his family–a scary thought. The tragedy is that there are nearly seven million Californians who are already without coverage. Single payer, California OneCare would cover everybody, regardless of job status.