FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rich Watters 650-856-7430

PUBLIC MEETING ON HEALTH CARE REFORM (CHIRA)

On Saturday afternoon, December 2nd from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, a public meeting on health care reform will be held in the meeting room of the Menlo Park Public Library, 800 Alma Street in Menlo Park.

The meeting will feature a presentation and discussion of the California Health Insurance Reliability Act (CHIRA). CHIRA will establish universal health care in California by creating the California Health Insurance System, a single payer for all health care in the state. CHIRA is designed to provide affordable health insurance coverage with an extensive benefits package, while controlling health care costs and improving health care outcomes. Recent studies have shown that a single-payer system like that proposed in CHIRA can provide health care coverage for all state residents and still save money on overall health care expenditures. CHIRA was introduced as Senate Bill 840 during the last legislative session and passed both houses of the legislature, but was vetoed by the governor.

Dr. Halsted Holman, Professor Emeritus, Stanford School of Medicine, will speak about the inadequate quality of health care and what to do about it. Dr. John Shearer, a family practice physician and Co-President of California State Chapter of Physicians For a National Health Program (PNHP), will describe challenges that patients and medical professionals encounter in the current system of care.

The meeting is sponsored by Health Care for All-California. Admission is free.

For additional information, call Rich Watters at 650-856-7430.

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