California Health Care Reform Activists Plan “Educational Picket” in San Francisco June 19

By Alicia Lanier, REALTOR

If you have begun to think that California has missed the window for health care reform in 2008, then you will want to know about a new statewide poll by the Field Institute. It shows that the number of Californians who would prefer to receive their health care coverage “through the government” now stands at 31%, up 9 % since the last poll in 2006. Clearly, a growing number believe in removing the “profit motive” from health care.

Some Californians are simply refusing to let health care reform die. At noon on Thursday, June 19, 2008, advocates of single-payer health care reform – who support both California Senate Bill 840 and U.S. House Resolution 676 – will gather in San Francisco. There they will hold a Rally and an “educational picket” of the American Association of Health Insurance Plans convention at the Moscone Center. The California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) is chartering a bus that will leave San Jose from the South Bay Labor Council at 2102 Almaden Road at 10 a.m. that day. Call CARA at 510-663-4086 before May 19 for more information on the Rally bus from San Jose to San Francisco. 

The California poll, by the way, comes on the heels of a recent study published in the leading medical journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, which found that 59% of U.S. physicians now support government legislation to establish national health insurance. This is up 10% from an earlier study in 2002.

Related Blogposts:
February 19, 2008: California Health Care Reform Is Dead – or Is It?
January 15, 2008: California Health Care Reform Battle Heats Up As Governor, Speaker File Ballot Initiative For Fall
October 30, 2007: “Trick” or “Treat” for Health Care Reform?

Alicia Lanier is a REALTOR, e-PRO, and member of the Coldwell Banker Sterling Society which places her among the top 11% of agents internationally    www.AliciaLanier.com  408-491-1634