Tulare

Press Release

To: Tulare ADVANCE REGISTER,
388 E. Cross Ave., Tulare CA 93274
Phone: 559.688-6521

Event: Public Education Forum - Universal Health Care
Speakers: Dr. William Winn, Pulmonologist
Dr. David Roberts, Neurologist
Sponsored by ONECARENOW.

Date: Saturday - Feb 17, 2007 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Location: Claude Meitzenheimer Community Center
830 S. Blackstone, Tulare CA

Contact Person: 280-2379 Gary Gray, Pharmacist, Co-director HCA
303-1134 Cynthia Koval, Event Coordinator

Background: www.onecarenow.org Activists in communities throughout California are conducting grassroots educational and public awareness events to move forward a health care reform agenda that will fix the broken health care system.

Our Goal: Full CARE for LESS: This is how it can be done: 1) Establish one non-profit insurance plan to reduce administrative costs. 2) Provide reliable, quality coverage for all Californians. 3) Create a health-focused administrative system. 4) Improve the business climate by controlling health care costs.

FACTS and DATA:
Independent studies show that simplifying health care administration can save California as much as $20 billion a year. Pooled purchasing power for drugs and medical equipment can save California $5 billion per year. (Lewin Report April 2004)

SB840, submitted by Senator Kuehl, allows you to choose your own doctor(s) for a comprehensive care plan. The Bill also provides for an elected Commissioner of Health, a Health Policy Board to establish equitable fee schedules and a Network of Consumer Advocates to identify and help solve local service problems. The California Health Trust (a non-profit administration) will make all payments for service, and all data from providers will be funneled to one location for maximum efficiency and fraud prevention.

All California employers will pay an affordable health insurance premium and all employees will also contribute their fair share to premiums. No out-of-pocket costs for deductibles, and no exclusions for pre-existing conditions.