Health Care Action Group

Support Affordable Healthcare
Table for SB840

SB 840, the California Universal Healthcare Act, might well be the civil rights issue of the 21st century. Voters need to know about this bill which is universal, affordable, and cheaper health care for all Californians.

The defeat of the Schwarzenegger/Nunez healthcare scheme is good news. It was a very bad plan. Its failure allows us to focus on a plan that will work for everyone.

Help raise awareness that SB 840 is a solution and is politically viable.
Sign up for a few hours of handing out fact sheets and raising awareness for a real solution to the healthcare problem. There is tabling going on throughout the area. Materials are available. Others will join you.

Contact Llyana Landes at landesl@yahoo.com or call (510) 527-9974

The healthcare issue is high on voters' priority lists yet there is a virtual news blackout on Sheila Kuehl's single payer bill. Remembering that the media are corporate entities explains their reluctance to replace current for-profit insurance plans and control drug costs.

SB840 passed both houses in Sacramento only to be vetoed by the Governor. It has currently passed the Senate and Assembly and fiscal issues are being fine-tuned It will probably require a massive citizens' movement to avoid yet another veto.

Due to the media blackout, many people do not know that this bill is alive. Nor do many understand the public/private nature of the bill. This is why we need your help.

Learn About Health Care for All (Sat, Mar 25)

The Alameda Public Affairs Forum is pleased to present Don Bechler, speaking on California's Health Care Crisis: The "Single Payer" Answer, on March 25th, 2006, from 7pm to 9 pm, at the Home of Truth Center, 1300 Grand Street, Alameda.

Don Bechler is chair of the San Francisco chapter of Health Care For All and chair of the California Universal Health Care Organizing Project. He also is an organizer for the California Physicians Alliance. These are grassroots organizations committed to achieving universal health care with single payer financing.

Note: We had scheduled Don to speak about SB 840 (the California Health Insurance Reliability Act) at the March 11 meeting of Progressive Democrats of America. Because of scheduling problems, we had to cancel his appearance. The Alameda Public Affairs Forum provides another opportunity to hear this excellent speaker.

When: March 25th, 2006 from 7pm to 9pm
Home of Truth Center, 1300 Grand Street, Alameda

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