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SB810 Dies On Assembly Floor: The Movement Goes On!

By PNHP California Executive Director Bill Skeen, Sept. 2, 2010

Democrats Block California Single Payer Bill

Posted by Don McCanne MD on Wednesday, Sep 1, 2010, PNHP Blog

Employers Push Higher Health Insurance Costs Onto Workers

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News, September 2, 2010

The Health Bill Explained at Last

by Theodore R. Marmor, Jonathan Oberlander
August 19, 2010 The New York Review of Books

California’s uninsured county by county.

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has produced an interactive map of the percent uninsured by California county.

PNHP California September Chapter Meeting Slides

Newt Gingrich says single payer is inevitable. This story and others are reviewed in the PNHP California September Chapter Meeting slideshow.

Action Alert- Put SB810 on the Governor’s Desk

Jimmy Stewart says writing your legislator works! Write your assembly member today to put SB810 on the Governor’s desk! The Assembly floor vote could happen any time, and the legislative session is scheduled to end on August 31st.

As COBRA Ends, Insurance Costs Skyrocket

Linda Vollmer will have to go on COBRA in October because she’s losing her coverage through the Los Angeles Unified School District, where she works as a substitute elementary school teacher. The district has been paying her entire premium. Now she’ll soon owe about $400 a month.

SB810 moves to the Assembly Floor

Single payer bill passes the Assembly Appropriations committee and moves to the Assembly floor for a final vote before reaching Schwarzenegger’s desk.

Molly Tavella- 2010 Shearer Student Fellow

The 2010-2011 PNHP California Shearer Student Fellow is Molly Tavella from UC Davis Public Health School.

State Strategy Group August Summary

Posted August 8- Summary of the monthly conference call by the California single payer coalition known as the State Strategy Group.

MAHD Tour September 23 to October 12

Posted August 7- First they went across they country, what a success! Now they’re coming to California, the big house, to let Arnold know what the people want.

San Diego Counter Tea Party Rally

The PNHP San Diego Chapter, in collaboration with nurses and activists, held a rally in opposition to the Doctors Tea Party demonstration.

Watch Dr. Walter Tsou blast PPACA at The Summer Conference

Former Philadelphia health commissioner and past president of the American Public Health Association breaks down the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Watch Dr. Flowers describe her vision for Medicare For All at Summer Conference

Watch Sheila Kuehl inspire at Summer Conference

Summer Conference Was A Blast!

Check out the powerpoints and videos from the conference!

Obama to Bypass Senate to Name Health Official

New York Times, July 6, 2010- President Obama will bypass Congress and appoint Dr. Donald M. Berwick, a health policy expert, to run Medicare and Medicaid, the White House said Tuesday…

A second opinion on U.S. health care reform

Claudia Chaufan, MD PhD, PNHP Blog, July 2, 2010
In a recent issue in the New England Journal of Medicine, economist Jonathan Gruber praises the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA) as a “step in the right direction,” even as he expresses a healthy skepticism about PPACA’s capacity to control escalating health care costs, which he recognizes as “key to the long-term viability of our health care system.” Gruber also argues that there is “shortage of evidence” regarding which approach will meet Americans’ health care needs while controlling costs; therefore there is “no consensus” on what works [1]…

Anthem Blue Cross again seeks rate hikes for Californians

Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2010.
The firm plans to raise premiums as much as 20%, sharply less than the 39% maximum it had sought earlier this year but canceled after drawing outrage from consumers, lawmakers and President Obama.