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Riding the Wave of Change Campaign for universal health
insurance in California
Blue Ridge Magazine, October, 2006
Landmark legislation that would provide comprehensive health
and dental insurance to all California residents passed the legislature
at the end of August. The Governor’s signature would set into motion
the premise for all Californians to have excellent, publicly financed
and accountable, and totally pre-paid health insurance. The legislation,
SB 840 (Kuehl) the California Health Insurance Reliability Act, would
provides for a single, lifetime, secure, health insurance policy, at affordable
costs where everyone has free choice of their own personal, private doctor
and treatment.
The non partisan health policy analysts, the Lewin Group, showed that
a plan such as SB 840 would cost California taxpayers $8 billion less
than is currently publicly and privately spent.
The grassroots, volunteer organization Health Care for All – California
and other endorsing organizations are embarking on a year long public
education and advocacy campaign called OneCareNow.
The launch of the OneCareNow campaign occurred in Morro Bay with the surfing
theme “Riding the Wave of Change”. Sarah Gerhardt, the first
female tow-in surfer and the first female stand-up surfer to ride Mavericks
shared stories and her unequivocal support of SB 840.
The campaign culminates with a Rally in Sacramento on August 19, 2007
for the to promoting the passage and funding of a universal health insurance
system and to make sure legislators fulfill their promise to provide health
insurance for all Californians.
Join the OneCareNow event in Isla Vista on Sunday, October 22, 2006, 6:30
to 8:30PM. at Friendship Manor which will be followed by a procession
along Embarcadero del Mar to People’s Park for a candlelight vigil
remembering the uninsured.
For more information on SB840 go to www.healthcareforall.org, www.onecarenow.org,
or contact Peter Conn at pconnt43@cox.net or 682-5183. 21st Century medicine
in California can be affordably accessible to all, including our surfing
community. Come Ride the Wave of Change.
(Article by Paulina Conn, 2612 Foothill Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105. pconnt43@cox.net.
682-5183)
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