CALIF - YOU NEED TO CALL NOW TO RENEW SPYR LEGISLATION!

Urgent Healthcare Alert Call Legislators Today to Encourage Authorship of Single Payer Legislation We need you to make brief, polite phone calls today to encourage an Assemblymember to author and introduce single payer legislation in the Assembly by Friday, February 22nd. If the bill is not introduced in time, there will be no single payer legislation this session, which lasts two years. Background: Senator Mark Leno authored the single payer legislation, SB 810 in the past two sessions (four years) and the bill failed last year by only two votes. At the end of last session, Senator Leno declined to author the bill again and suggested we seek an author in the Assembly. Despite concerted efforts, we have not been successful in finding an Assemblymember to introduce the bill. We are told that the legislature is focused on implementing the private health insurance exchange mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Tell our Assemblymembers they can work on both the implementation of the ACA and the California Universal Healthcare Act. A single payer system cannot be implemented until 2017 - the date the Affordable Care Act allows states to go beyond the ACA and set up their own healthcare systems. We can both implement the health exchange this year and get California ready for single payer in 2017. Calling Tips: Please call the following legislators today and request that they carry the single payer legislation. Ask for the legislative aide listed below. If they are not available, please ask for their voicemail and leave a brief message. If voicemail is unavailable, simply leave your message with the person who answers the phone. *Be sure to mention if you happen to live in the district. List of legislators to call (with the name of their aide): 1. Paul Fong (28, Sunnyvale) - Andrew Medina (916-319-2028) 2. Bonnie Lowenthal (70, Long Beach) - MJ Gascon Flores (916-319-2070) 3. Rob Bonta (18, Oakland) - An-Chi Tsou (916-319-2018) 4. Shirley Weber (79, San Diego) - Crystal Quezada (916-319-2079) 5. Mariko Yamada (4, Vacaville) - Robert McLaughlin (916-319-2004) 6. Mark Stone (29, Monterey, Santa Cruz) - Arianna Smith (916-319-2029) We also need help calling our phone tree to alert activists without email to call. Please let us know if you have called. ___ I have called _____________ ___ I can help call our phone tree. ___ I have forwarded this alert. Thank you, Don Bechler Chair - Single Payer Now 415-695-7891 Cell 415-810-5826

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