Author: API 4 CalCare Admin
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AB 2200 Advances-Asm-Health
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Assembly Bill 2200, only the second incarnation of a true CA single-payer reform bill, cleared its first of seven legislative hurdles with a 9-4-2 vote in the Assembly Committee on Health on Tuesday, April 2024. The bill moves to Assembly Appropriations, with a simple… -> -> ->
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API for CalCare AB 2200 Support Letter to the CA Assembly Committee on Health
April 17, 2024 The Honorable Mia BontaChair, Assembly Health Committee1021 N Street, Suite 390Sacramento, 95814 RE: SUPPORT AB 2200, the Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare) Dear Assemblymember Bonta, RE: AB 2200 (Kalra) – SUPPORT: As a statewide network of advocates for equitable healthcare for all, Asians… -> -> ->
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Thai Community Development Center Declares Support for AB 2200, the new CalCare Bill
“Since its establishment, Thai CDC has addressed the multifaceted needs of Thai and other disadvantaged immigrants faced with substandard housing conditions and lack of access to basic health services, education, economic opportunities and quality employment.” Consistent with their history of work in the Thai community and the decades… -> -> ->
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CalCare AB2200 Reading Group
This group will be reading the text of AB2200. Join us for peer-supported study and education. (You don’t need to be Asian or Pacific Islander to participate.) Schedule Sundays at 3pm. Sign up with the form above to be put on the list, making sure to accept emails,… -> -> ->
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CalCare Will Address Mental Healthcare Disparities Faced by Asians and Pacific Islander Americans
Asians and Pacific Islanders are among the most underfunded demographic groups in the United States. For so many carrying inter-generational trauma from war, persistent scapegoating and Model Minority Myth propaganda, we must increase the dialogue around these disparities and win CalCare, which will provide the means to begin… -> -> ->
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CalCare Endorsers
250+ organizations, including legitimate native tribes, have endorsed CalCare and the list keeps growing! If your organization has not yet formally endorsed this “healthcare for all” bill, please do so at: https://act.medicare4all.org/signup/calcare-bill-endorsement/ The CalCare campaign is endorsed by: Unions/Labor organizations Alameda Labor CouncilAlbany Teachers AssociationBerkeley Federation of TeachersCalifornia… -> -> ->
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AB 2200/CalCare Timetable
Build grassroots power and independent lobby efforts to advance the cause of Single-Payer healthcare reform in CA Note: The first stop in the Assembly Committee on Health will probably occur that week ahead of the April 26 deadline. -> -> ->
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CalCare Resources
Tools for Building a Movement to Win Single-Payer Reform AB 2200/CalCare Fact Sheet CNA CalCare ToolkitElected Officials CalCare Pledge National Nurses United API for CalCare half-sheet with email list sign-up QR code flyer (PDF) HC4US CalCare ToolkitHC4US Radio Show Archives Small Businesses for CalCare -> -> ->
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Critical Analysis of SB 770
An analysis of SB 770, a multi-payer, anti-single-payer bill The term, “Unified Health Care Financing” is used 15 times, including the title of the bill. “Single-payer” is mentioned once after “including among other options”: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB770/2023 Assembly Committee on Appropriations Analysis: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB770# SB 770 is NOT a single-payer bill.… -> -> ->
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Asians and Pacific Islanders letter to CA Assembly Committee on Appropriations in opposition to SB 770
August 31, 2023 Assemblymember Chris Holden, ChairAssemblymember Megan Dahle, Vice-ChairMembers of the Assembly Committee on Appropriations 1021 O Street, Suite 8220Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: SB 770 (Wiener), Health care: unified health care financing — OPPOSE Dear Chair Holden and Committee on Appropriations Members, Asians and Pacific Islanders for… -> -> ->