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SB 810 is back! Students, doctors, and many others from the campaign group California OneCare are advocating the bill that would be signed by the next Democratic California governor.

There is still hope. 2010 is a new year and the current California governor, Schwarzenegger has jsut rejected health care reform (obviously the Senate bill) because it would NOT relieve his state from the health expenditures. Hmmm...

Here is a list of just some of the bills Schwarzenegger has vetoed:

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SB 840 (Kuehl) SINGLE PAYER

• Would establish a process to create a single-payer health care system in California that would enable all residents to have health coverage.

SB 973 (Simitian) PUBLIC INSURER

• Would create a statewide public insurer, connecting existing regional, county-based health care plans, to compete with private health care plans and provide consumers more affordable coverage choices.

SB 1440 (Kuehl) CAPPING ADMINISTRATION AND PROFIT

• Would set a minimum medical loss ratio — requiring every insurer to spend at least 85 percent of premiums on patient care.

AB 2 (Dymally) HIGH-RISK POOL

• Would have reformed the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP), which provides coverage for “un-insureables” who have “pre-existing conditions.” Efforts would make the high risk pool more affordable and available and eliminate the annual $75,000 cap on benefits.

AB 1945 (De La Torre) INDEPENDENT REVIEW

• Would establish an independent review process if an insurer wants to rescind coverage, and raises the standard in existing law so that coverage can only be rescinded if a consumer willfully misrepresents his health history.

AB 1887 (Beall) MENTAL HEALTH PARITY

• Would require health plans to provide coverage for all diagnosable mental illnesses.

AB 1962 (De La Torre) MATERNITY COVERAGE

• Would require all individual insurance policies to cover maternity services.

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Each one of them would have saved billions of dollars and thus provided a balanced budget, today. But let's focus on one specific bill: SB 810. It is the successor of SB 840 and would establish a single payer health care system in California. We are very likely going to have a Democratic governor in 2010 and as other Democratic candidates have opted-out of the race, it is certain that Democratic candidate Jerry Brown is going to win the election. He is going to sign the bill or he has to come up with a serious excuse to his party, the legislation and the people. And let me say this: There is no excuse.

Fact sheet to SB 810: http://www.healthcareforall.org/documents/factsheet.pdf