CITY OF DAVIS ONECARENOW EVENT
IMPACT OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE CRISIS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Sponsored by Health Care For All - Yolo
City Council Chambers
April 20, 2007, 10:30 a.m.

About forty-five people, including representatives from Senator Mike Machado's and Assemblyperson Lois Wolk's office attended. The city councilman, and the school board member participating in the forum promised to bring up resolutions of support for single payer (using the Stockton and Oakland city models) in their respective governance bodies. Given the goals we hoped to achieve today, this was an extremely successful OneCareNow event!

1. EVENT GOALS

a. City Council, School Board, and County consideration of an SB 840 support resolution.

b. Local media coverage: Davis Enterprise and local TV

c. Inform panelists and audience about the insurance crisis situation, from a financial and public health perspective, and substantial cost savings to the County, City, and School District, through adoption of Single Payer health insurance SB 840

2. EVENT AGENDA

a. Dan Braunstein, Chair, Health care for all - Yolo, will be the moderator and will introduce the statewide OneCareNow 365-City Campaign.

b. The following speakers will address the day’s topic (10 minutes each):

- County Supervisor Mariko Yamada
- City Councilman Don Saylor
- Davis Unified School Board member Sheila Allen

c. Cindy Young, State Healthcare Coordinator for the California State Employees Association (CSEA), will present a “Fireside Chat on Single Payer Health Insurance Reform.” This presentation describes Single Payer Insurance and includes hard-hitting data on public health outcomes and insurance costs. Cindy will present data on potentially millions of insurance savings for the school district.
Afterwards, dialogue between panel members will be encouraged.

d. Audience responses will be solicited. As part of this, two members of CSEA will describe their own personal horror stories regarding their attempts to use health insurance coverage.

e. Braunstein will sum up the current legislative situation in Sacramento, regarding competing bills, and conclude the event.