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SB 810 Fails Senate Vote 6 Democrat No Voters Influenced by Insurance Funds? Thank Senator Leno Build a Larger Movement Order SB 810 Postcards and Donate Here Dear Healthcare Activist, With great disappointment SB 810 was not brought up for a senate vote on January 31 as we did not have the 21 votes for passage. We will have to wait until 2013 to introduce a new bill, but there is plenty we can do between now and January to build our movement. There is much speculation why 6 Democrats voted no. According to Maplight the 6 Democratic Senators who voted no or did not vote have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from insurance companies. You might consider calling these Senators to ask what effect those contributions had on their not supporting universal healthcare minus the insurance companies. See contact numbers and insurance information below. Some of these Senators said they wanted to see how the national healthcare legislation played out. But, the national legislation leaves 23 million Americans without healthcare and provides different levels of care for different classes of people. Some of them said the State of California could not afford the $250 billion price tag for healthcare. But we are not adding new costs for healthcare. We are spending money we already spend, but just cutting out the insurance industry so our resources are spent wisely. The Senators know this. Single payer legislation has been discussed for ten years in California. These questions have been answered many times. Contact information and campaign contributions over the last 4 years of those Democratic Senators who did not support SB 810 are below. Contribution information is here. Ron Calderon can be contacted in Sacramento at 916-651-4030.or in Montebello at 323-890-2790 Insurance - $165,000 Pharma - $80K Health Professionals - $37K Lou Correa can be contacted in Sacramento at 916-651-4034 or in Santa Ana at 714) 558-4400 Insurance - $150K Pharma - $110K Health Professionals - $89K Alex Padilla can be contacted in Sacramento at 916-651-4020 or in Van Nuys at 818-901-5588 Insurance - $137K Health Professionals - $105K Pharma - $67K Michael Rubio can be contacted in Sacramento at 916-651-4016 or in Bakersfield at 661-395-2620 Health Professionals - $94K Insurance - $36K Juan Vargas In Sacramento at 916-651-4040 or in Chula Vista at 619-409-7690 Insurance - $115K Health Professionals - $46K Pharma - $28K Rod Wright can be contacted in Sacramento at 916-651-4025 or in Inglewood at 310-412-0393 Insurance - $87K Pharma - $45K Health Professionals - $43K Thank Senator Mark Leno for championing SB 810 at Senator.Leno@Senate.CA.gov. We do not want to tie up his phones. It is important to thank legislators when they champion our cause, and not just spank them when they do not. Help Build a Stronger Movement - Order SB 810 Postcards, direct new people to our website, and consider becoming a monthly contributor to Single Payer Now. Please order SB 810 postcards. They ask Governor Brown to pass SB 810. The legislation will again be introduced in 2013. Asking new people to sign a postcard is wonderful way to have a discussion about the merits of single payer healthcare. We add the names to our action alert list to keep activists engaged in the campaign for universal healthcare. We then deliver them to legislators in Sacramento. You can also direct people to our website www.singlepayernow.net where they can sign up for action alerts. And lastly, please consider becoming a monthly contributor. To contribute, click here. Or you can send a contribution to Single Payer Now PO Box 460622 San Francisco, CA 94146 Monthly contributions allow us much more freedom to plan our activities. We need funds to build meetings, to print materials, and to send buses to Sacramento. Thank you, Don Bechler Chair - Single Payer Now 415-810-5826 www.singlepayernow.net

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