NAACP joins residents to support universal health care agenda
By Jason Lewis
OW Staff Writer
Our Weekly.com
INGLEWOOD- The Inglewood/South Bay branch of the NAACP joined a coalition of residents, civil rights activists, elected leaders to hold a town hall meeting on health care this past Saturday at the Holy Faith Episcopal Church. The group has made efforts to gain support for SB 840, which would provide health care coverage for every California resident.
Supporters of SB 840 have visited more than 300 cities in California to educate the public about the health care system. Supporters believe that the problems with the health care system are partly to blame for the emergency room closures at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital in Inglewood and Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center in Hawthorne.
At the town hall meeting Inglewood City Councilman Daniel Tabor stated, "Universal health coverage represents the most fundamental values this country stands for. No man, woman or child should be denied medical care because of income, place of employment or pre-existing conditions."
SB 840 was proposed by State Senator Sheila Kuehl, and would eliminate for-profit health insurance companies from health care and guarantees medical coverage for all state residents.
The State Senate approved the measure on June 6, by a vote of 22-14. The measure will now will now be sent to the California State Assembly.
