The statewide OneCareNow grass roots campaign is devoted to educating Californians and building massive support for Senate Bill 840, titled "The California Health Insurance Reliability Act", authored by Senator Sheila Kuehl.This landmark legislation provides fiscally sound, affordable and comprehensive coverage via universal health insurance for all Californians.
The bill creates one plan and one public trust fund which pays all health care bills and collects all the monies already being spent on health care and insurance plans. When enacted, SB 840 replaces all health premiums, taxes, deductibles and co-payments now paid by employers, employees and individuals with one affordable premium paid to the public trust fund to save $8 billion dollars in the first year alone and over $350 billion over a ten year period.
On August 28, 2006 SB 840 passed both houses of the California legislature in a historic vote affirming the right of Californians to quality, affordable health insurance. On September 22, 2006 after taking $4 million from the insurance industry, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed universal healthcare(SB 840) on the grounds that "healthcare is not a right." On January 9, 2007 Governor Schwarzenegger unveiled his own "pay or play" healthcare reform proposal to vastly increase insurance coverage by attempting to force uninsured Californians to buy from private health insurers.
For more information: California OneCare
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