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DESCRIPTION:Will Health Insurance Companies \nContinue Bleeding Us?\nDon Bechler, 
 Single Payer Now\n\nTuesday, January 20, 1 PM\nUnitarian-Universalist 
 Center\n1187 Franklin St (at Geary), SF\nFireside Room\nFree, wheelchair 
 accessible\n\nObama, Congressional Democrats, and a powerful coalition of 
 business, some unions, and some healthcare advocates are behind a plan for 
 covering the uninsured by expanding, regulating, and subsidizing private 
 insurance.  \n\nThis is exactly what we do not need. Despite the media 
 hype, this plan has been a disaster in Massachusetts.  (See below) We need 
 Single Payer: equal, comprehensive, affordable, and accessible healthcare 
 for everyone, delivered by today’s doctors, clinics, and hospitals, and 
 paid for by a publicly-accountable government agency.  Insurance companies 
 are nowhere in the picture.\n\nDon Bechler, of Single Payer Now, will 
 report on the national and state campaigns for single payer 
 healthcare.\n\nThe good news is that there’s been two big advances in 
 national organizing for genuine single-payer and US House bill HR 676. The 
 first was a national meeting of AFL-CIO pro-single-payer unions in 
 Washington. The second was a national meeting of pro-single-payer health 
 advocates in Chicago. Don was a key player at both meetings. \n \nThe other 
 good news is that in California,  SB 840 is entering a new legislative 
 phase with Mark Leno as chief author. Leno emphasizes that even if SB 840 
 passes and is signed, it will face a state ballot challenge from private 
 insurers, so we need to prepare for a grass-roots campaign.\n\nWe will 
 focus on how we can take advantage of these opportunities.\n\nEvent is 
 free, wheelchair accessible.\n\nThe Massachusetts Health Reform 
 Disaster:\nhttp://www.calnurses.org/media-center/press-releases/2008/august/copy-massachusetts-health-reform-not-so-fast-researchers-say.html\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/12/16/18555090.php
SUMMARY:Will Health Insurance Companies Continue Bleeding Us?
LOCATION:Unitarian-Universalist Center\n1187 Franklin St (at Geary), SF\nFireside 
 Room
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/12/16/18555090.php
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