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DESCRIPTION:Don’t Call It Reform\nWe Still Need Single Payer\nTues, Jan 19, 2010, 
 12:30 PM\nUnitarian Center, Fireside Rm.\n1187 Franklin St. (at Geary), 
 SF\n\nDespite the fact that 45,000 die each year from lack of healthcare, 
 both single payer and a real public option have been swept from the table, 
 and "health reform" has morphed into the medical equivalent of Obama's 
 financial recovery plan: huge and sustained profits for insurance, drug, 
 and hospital companies, health expenses shifted from business and 
 government onto us, and we are forced to buy private insurance that will 
 cost more and more and cover less and less. And at least half of all this 
 will be funded from cuts in Medicare.\n\nThis not the result of 
 recalcitrant Republicans or Blue Dog Democrats.   This is  in accordance 
 with the four cornerstones of healthcare reform specified by Obama and his 
 leading economic advisors: (1) a Medicare cost-containment Commission, (2) 
 taxing high-cost private insurance, (3) reform of medical payment 
 incentives, and (4) deficit reduction.  Each of these cornerstones 
 represent policies that will reduce our health care.\n\nAs it becomes clear 
 there will be no national health reform, focus will probably shift to two 
 areas:\n\n(1) Passing SB-810, single-payer healthcare in California. The 
 need for single-payer will become increasingly urgent as California’s $20 
 billion budget deficit leads to crippling cuts in health and human 
 services, yet billions are wasted on health insurance companies.\n\n(2) 
 Fighting off the clamor from Republicans and Democrats, particularly Dianne 
 Feinstein, for powerful, unelected Commissions to gut the so-called 
 “entitlement” programs, Medicare, Social Security, and 
 Medicaid.\n\nCome discuss these developments, and help set our course for 
 this year's health advocacy work.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/10/18634864.php
SUMMARY:Don’t Call It Reform, We Still Need Single Payer
LOCATION:Fireside Room, Unitarian Center\n1187 Franklin St. (at Geary) SF
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/10/18634864.php
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