Why is this being touted at the Dems Health Care Plan here in Calif???

[fed-up]

The best answer to health care needs is Sheila Kuehl's SB 840-SIngle payer, Universal Health Care for ALL Californians-which of course is getting very little press. Why not do a fair comparison of all three? Why does SB 840 only get one paragraph? I am soooo sick of the media deciding what news we get and when. SB 840 was vetoed by Ahnold last year, but was reintroduced and just passed the Senate. It needs more press to have a chance.

Why the hell can't the dems unite behind SB 840???
http://onecarenow.org/index.html

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/23/HEALTH.TMP


NEWS ANALYSIS
Dueling health proposals
State Dem leaders unite to counter governor's plan
Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, June 23, 2007

An agreement by top Democrats in Sacramento this week to put forward a single health care overhaul plan sets the stage for a debate with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is championing a proposal of his own.

Both approaches would make landmark changes in health care policy. Both the Democrats and Schwarzenegger want to reduce the number of uninsured Californians, expand coverage for children and make employers play a larger role in financing health care.

But the two proposals differ in several key respects.
State Senate Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, and Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles, agreed Thursday to combine their separate health bills. The resulting legislative plan would not require all individuals to obtain coverage, a key departure from the governor's proposal.

While other health bills remain under consideration, notably a "single payer" plan by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, the crafting of a combined bill gives Democrats a program around which to unite as they bargain with Schwarzenegger, who has not yet formed his ideas into a bill.

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[antigop]

1. Time for a LTTE

Submit it to this paper. Talk about SB 840. Be sure to mention that it passed the CA legislature last year and Ahnuld VETOED it.

We have to become the media.

[papau]

2. This sucks - Dem leadership seems cowardly or bought by the insurance companies n/t

n/t