Saturday, January 30, 2010

Along with POTUS TV last week, California senators ALSO stood up for us

California Senate Passes SB 810,
The California Universal Healthcare Act
Single Payer Discussion Moves to Assembly
Next Steps
Thank Senators Who Voted Yes
Collect Single Payer Postcards
for Delivery to Assembly Members
Please Donate
 
Dear Single Payer Activist,
 
On Thurs., Jan 28, the California State Senate passed our single payer legislation on a vote of 22 to 14.  SB 810, the California Universal Healthcare Act now moves to the State Assembly for discussion.  SB 810 will go the Assembly Health and Assembly Appropriations Committees before a floor vote.
 
Go to http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewvideo/984 to view the one hour and 13 minute senate debate.  This is must viewing.  It contains all the arguments against and all the arguments for single payer.  Special thanks to Senator Leno for being such a strong single payer advocate.  Below I have listed the various senators who spoke,  when they spoke, and one sentence on their comments.
 
We want to thank all the senators who voted yes.  It is important that senators know we appreciate their support for universal healthcare minus the insurance companies.  Thank them.  Let them know you want universal healthcare minus the insurance companies.  Below is a list of all senators, how they voted, and their Sacramento phone numbers.  
 
If your senator did not vote for SB 810, call them and ask them what it would take for them to vote for SB 810.  You can find your senator at http://192.234.213.69/smapsearch/framepage.asp
 
What Are Our Next Steps?
We want to continue building our base of supporters.  One easy way to do this is to collect single payer postcards in support of SB 810.  Collecting postcards offers us an opportunity to start a discussion on SB 810.  We need thousands of Californians discussing single payer healthcare with their friends, co-workers, and neighbors.  You are a great messenger.  We collect the postcards, figure out which districts they are from, and deliver them to the appropriate legislators.
Please consider ordering postcards from us.
 
Lastly, please consider making a contribution to
Single Payer Now.  Checks can be sent to PO Box 460622; SF, CA 94146.
 
We encourage you to forward this alert.
 
___ I have thanked my senator.
___ He/She is _____________
___ Please send me 5 postcards.
___ I can help call our phone tree in my district.
___ I am sending a donation.
___ I have forwarded this alert.
 
Thank you.
Don Bechler
Chair – Single Payer Now
415-695-7891
Lisa Patrick Mudd
323-316-8933
 
To View the Senator Floor Debate go to http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewvideo/984
SB 810 debate begins on timeline at 1:02:20
Timeline – speaker – what they said
1:02:20 Author Leno from San Francisco introduces and speaks for bill
1:11.50 Runner (R-17 – just north of LA) Opposed.  Taxation removes choice of healthcare from families. Massachusetts shows voters do not want radical healthcare.
1:16:50 Strickland (R-19 – Santa Barbara) Opposed.  Single payer has the compassion of the IRS and the efficiency of the Dept of Motor Vehicles.   Single Payer is worse than what is being rejected in DC.  Listen to the voters ofMassachusetts.
1:19:59 Aanestad (R-18 – Chico) Opposed.  Canada is failing.  Massachusetts went to single payer and it is being rejected.
1:24:38 Romero (D-24 – East LA) For.  System is broken.  #1 cause of bankruptcy is healthcare.  Employers are dropping healthcare.
1:26:48 Harman (R-35 – Orange County) Opposed.  Are you kidding?  SB 810 costs 200 billion.  Kill this bill.
1:28:05 Hancock (D-9 – Oakland) For.  Long list of groups for SB 810.  6 of 11 groups listed in opposition are insurance companies.  MA is not single payer and that is its' problem.
1:32:28 Pavley (D-23 – Santa Monica) For.  Healthcare costs are rising 3 times faster than wages.  This is an expansion of Medicare.
1:35:58 (Keho D-39 – San Diego)  For.  Keho is chair of Appropriations Committee.  810 is a fiscally sound bill.  Our current system is not fiscally prudent.
1:38;02 (Denham R-12 – Central Valley)  Opposed.  810 is socialized medicine. 
1:40:55 (DeSaulnier D-07 – Contra Costa County)  For.  Good for small business.
1:43:11 (Simitian D-11 – San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz counties.   For.  Keep the discussion going.
!;44:31 (Steinberg D-6 Sacramento – He is the Senate President pro Tem (leader of Senate).  For.  Asked Republicans what their fix is.   Asked Republicans where is their rage for a broken system.
1:52:00 Runner (R-17) Opposed.  Families can spend money better than government.  SB 810 is like fixing a flat tire by burning the car.
1:54:24 Steinberg (D-6) For.  Families and businesses are getting shafted.
1:56:00 Cedillo (D-22 – LA)  For.  Republican proposals have been rejected because the car in burning and you only want to fix the tire.
The current system has the compassion of Exxon and the dependability of Amera Quest.
2:00:34 Dutton (R-31 – San Bernardino, Riverside)  Opposed.  Tried to change the subject by saying the problem is that we chased 2 million jobs from California.
2:2:32 Author Leno closes.  59% of Californians want Medicare for All.  He then went point by point and answered all the objections. 
Cited polls on Brown voters in MA.
SB 810 is physician run healthcare, not insurance company run healthcare.
2:13:14  The vote.  We win 22 to 14.  2 Dems did not vote.  One Dem, Senator Correa and all Republicans voted no. One office is vacant.
 
Senate Member Roster  voting on SB 810 Jan 28, 2010
Member Name
Party
District
Capitol Phone
 
How they voted.
Aanestad, Sam
Rep
04
(916) 651-4004
 
NO
Alquist, Elaine
Dem
13
(916) 651-4013
 
Prin Co-author but was did not vote -Ill
Ashburn, Roy
Rep
18
(916) 651-4018
 
No
Vacant
Rep
37
(916) 651-4037
 
----
Calderon, Ron
Dem
30
(916) 651-4030
 
 Yes
Cedillo, Gilbert
Dem
22
(916) 651-4022
 
Yes Co-author
Cogdill, Dave
Rep
14
(916) 651-4014
 
No
Corbett, Ellen
Dem
10
(916) 651-4010
 
Yes Co-author
Correa, Louis
Dem
34
(916) 651-4034
 
No
Cox, Dave
Rep
01
(916) 651-4001
 
NO
Denham, Jeff
Rep
12
(916) 651-4012
 
NO
DeSaulnier, Mark
Dem
07
(916) 651-4007
 
Yes Co-author
Ducheny, Denise
Dem
40
(916) 651-4040
 
Yes
Dutton, Bob
Rep
31
(916) 651-4031
 
NO
Florez, Dean
Dem
16
(916) 651-4016
 
Yes Co-author
Hancock, Loni
Dem
09
(916) 651-4009
 
Yes Co-author
Harman, Tom
Rep
35
(916) 651-4035
 
NO
Hollingsworth, Dennis
Rep
36
(916) 651-4036
 
NO
Huff, Bob
Rep
29
(916) 651-4029
 
Did not vote
Kehoe, Christine
Dem
39
(916) 651-4039
 
 Yes
Leno, Mark
Dem
03
(916) 651-4003
 
 Yes  Author
Liu, Carol
Dem
21
(916) 651-4021
 
Yes
Lowenthal, Alan
Dem
27
(916) 651-4027
 
 Yes Co-author
Maldonado, Abel
Rep
15
(916) 651-4015
 
NO
Negrete McLeod, Gloria
Dem
32
(916) 651-4032
 
 Yes
Oropeza, Jenny
Dem
28
(916) 651-4028
 
Yes Co-Author
Padilla, Alex
Dem
20
(916) 651-4020
 
 Yes Co-author
Pavley, Fran
Dem
23
(916) 651-4023
 
Yes Co-author
Price, Curren
Dem
26
(916) 651-4026
 
Yes Co-author
Romero, Gloria
Dem
24
(916) 651-4024
 
Yes Co-author
Runner, George
Dem
17
(916) 651-4017
 
NO
Simitian, S. Joseph
Dem
11
(916) 651-4011
 
 Yes
Steinberg, Darrell
Dem
06
(916) 651-4006
 
 Yes Co-author
Strickland, Tony
Rep
19
(916) 651-4019
 
Did not vote
Walters, Mimi
Rep
33
(916) 651-4033
 
NO
Wiggins, Patrica
Dem
02
(916) 651-4002
 
Yes Co-author
Wolk, Lois
Dem
05
(916) 651-4005
 
Yes
Wright, Rod
Dem
25
(916) 651-4025
 
NO
Wyland, Mark
Rep
38
(916) 651-4038
 
NO
Yee, Leland
Dem
08
(916) 651-4008
 
Yes Prin. Co-author

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