Senator Mark Leno (SF)

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...

Joe D’Angerio

Many older Americans are worried that somehow they’re going to lose something if we reform health care. “With California OneCare there’s nothing to worry about,” says Joe D’Angerio. “Everything would be covered no matter what your...

John Garrett

John Garrett’s brother, David, died because he didn’t have health insurance and so did not get a routine diagnostic test that would have revealed his prostate cancer early enough for treatment. A recent Harvard study revealed that 45,000 people die every...

Rosemary Nahas

Rosemary Nahas’ husband’s tumor was misdiagnosed as benign, and they had to fight for months and change health plans just to get a second opinion. Turns out he had fourth stage thyroid cancer. “We shouldn’t let insurance clerks ration care like...

Thomas Henry

Thomas Henry wants to know why we can’t negotiate with the drug companies. Who put them in charge? And why do seniors have to face the lapse in prescription coverage called the “doughnut hole”? Single payer, California OneCare would make the drug...

Susan Gosman

“Health insurance shouldn’t be based on your job or your health status,” says Susan Gosman, a cancer survivor who would lose her coverage and insurability if she lost her job. “Affordable coverage should be available to everyone.”...