My community weighs in on Guv. Groper's health care plan.

[Cleita]

Central Coast Responds to Governor's Health Care Plan

Every California business with 10+ employees will have to offer health insurance

By Carina Corral
KSBY-TV
Jan 9, 2007
Tuesday, January 9, 2007

The Governor's Health Care Plan is going to have major effects on small business owners who say this is going to cost everyone.

You may be surprised to learn some small business owners in Santa Maria favor this reform, even though it's going to cost them, and us, money.

Any way you slice it, this proposed health care reform is going to cost Californians money ... or their jobs.

"It's going to raise prices or cut service or both," says opponent Sandy Stewart.

More at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16551848/

This is the plan Schwarzenegger vetoed saying it was too expensive.

sfgate.com

Assembly approves universal health care
Passage of bill seen as election-year test for Schwarzenegger
Lynda Gledhill, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

(08-29) 04:00 PST Sacramento -- The Democratic-controlled Legislature is on the verge of sending Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would create a state-run universal health care system, testing him on an issue that voters rate as one of their top concerns in this election year.

On a largely party-line 43-30 vote, the Assembly approved a bill by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, that would eliminate private medical insurance plans and establish a statewide health insurance system that would provide coverage to all Californians. The state Senate has already approved the plan once and is expected this week to approve changes that the Assembly made to the bill.

Schwarzenegger has said he opposes a single-payer plan like the one Kuehl's bill would create, but the governor has not offered his own alternatives for fixing the state's health care system. As many as 7 million people are uninsured in the state, and spiraling costs have put pressure on business and consumers.

"We know the health care in place today is teetering on collapse," said Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles. "We need to do something to improve it, to reform it, and this is what we are bringing to the table."

More at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/29/MNGBSKR3RA1.DTL

It turns out that Sheila Kuhl's legislation costs less and covers more than Arnold's stupid plan written by his campaign contributors, the health insurance, PHARMA and HMO industries. Go figure.

I'm getting really sick of these Republican trolls undermining the will of the people in favor of corporate interests.

[antigop]

1. "some small business owners in Santa Maria favor this reform"

How many is "some"?

[Cleita]

2. Santa Maria is pretty liberal. I doubt if many. But our media

outlets are solidly Repuke, with the exception of a couple of throw away papers.

[antigop]

10. I hope you get Kuehl's plan

It can't come soon enough.

[Cleita]

3. ...

:kick:

[bobbolink]

4. I watched Kuehl speak on this, and was soooo impressed!

This is such great news! :applause:

Please keep us informed on this one!

[NMDemDist2]

5. i'll give this one a kick just cuz I love your sigline

:hi:

:loveya:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. I'm with you on being sick of the Repugs feeding the corporate interests.

This pandering to their money machines at the expense of the people they're elected to serve needs to stop.

[Cleita]

7. One thing that needs to be done, government funded campaigns.

Cut the corporate money and favors out of our system altogether. This corruption needs to stop.

[EFerrari]

8. Thanks, Cleita. I'm so tired of these idiots muddying the water, too.

Sheila is one smart lawmaker and her bill is much better for everyone.

K&R

[Cleita]

9. I was wondering, since Arnold seems to think that there has to

be a health plan, how do we pressure him to revoke his veto? He seems to be able to triangulate enough to stay in power. What exactly would it take to put his feet to the fire on this one?

[EFerrari]

11. I don't know enough about state practices to comment.

But he's a vendido from way back. I'm not sure there is a way. :(

[Solly Mack]

12. K&R

[nam78_two]

13. K&R.nt

[Reterr]

14. kand r

[Jcrowley]

15. K&R

[EFerrari]

16. kick