Time Sensitive Alert - Stop A Seriously Flawed Healthcare Bill From Coming to A Vote!!

Written by: Kevin Lynn on Jan 27, 2008 2:39 AM EST

Time Sensative Action Alert
Please Call Your Senator Today!Urge a 'NO' Vote on ABX1 - The Flawed Healthcare Bill 

You have a chance to make a big difference on healthcare in California. The Senate Health Committee will vote Monday on ABX1, the deeply flawed healthcare bill by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez. This is a very bad bill for Californians because it forces people to purchase insurance that has no cost controls and that doesn’t guarantee adequate benefits. It’s a bill that benefits insurance companies over everybody else. The early afternoon vote on Monday will be the opportunity to stop this bill from going to the Senate floor. 

Please call the offices of the following State Senators on Monday.  If you do not have time to call them all, call the senator who represents your district or is closest to it:

• Sen. Alquist 408-286-8318
• Sen. Cedillo 213-612-9566
• Sen. Abel Maldonado 805-549-3784
• Sen. Negrete McLoud 909-984-7741
• Sen. Ridley-Thomas 310-641-4391
• Sen. Steinberg 916-651-1529
• Sen. Dave Cox 530-283-3437
• Sen. Mark Wyland 949-489-9838
• Sen. Leland Yee 650-340-8840

Just give your name and your request that they not vote for ABX1. You can leave a message if the office isn't open. What Californians Are Saying AboutABX1 

“The solution doesn’t even pass the laugh test.  If a law were passed forcing people to buy food, would it solve the problem of hunger?  Why then should we think that forcing people to buy private health insurance is going to stop the meltdown of our healthcare system?  . . .  The Schwarzenegger-Nunez plan does nothing for Californians except buy time for the medical industrial complex, keeping its ultra-profitable business in place for a few more years.”  Randall Smith, San Diego “California has a well-deserved reputation for successful public policy innovation in healthcare, which often successfully leads the nation.  But ABX1 is not innovative, nor does it provide solutions.”  Jeoffry B. Gordon, MD, San Diego 

“We hear of nothing requiring shared participation in a healthcare solution by for-profit health insurers, which are major contributors to increasingly excessive costs.  Insurers make huge profits at the expense of individuals and companies who pay premiums.  If healthcare insurance is to be required of everyone, insurers must be regulated, as are utilities and auto insurers.”  Dick Littlestone, Pacific Palisades 

 Best regards,

Kevin Lynn

lynnke@earthlink.net

Delegate, 46th Assembly District; Member, Executive Board, California Democratic Party

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