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Single-payer campaign to begin new push - The Union of Grass Valley
02/01/2012 11:53 AM

OB Rag

Single-payer campaign to begin new push
The Union of Grass Valley
We will continue to fight for single payer in the legislature and at the ballot box." SB 810 would create a new California Healthcare System to provide health insurance for all Californians, replacing the private insurance providers.
SB 810 (Single Payer Healthcare) Killed on the California Senate FloorDemocratic Underground
'Medicare for All' Would Solve California's Budget DeficitOB Rag

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Single Payer Health Care Bill Fails in California - Blogcritics.org (blog)
02/02/2012 09:14 AM

Single Payer Health Care Bill Fails in California
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Senate Bill 810 seeks to establish a single-payer health care system to be administered by a new state department, the California Healthcare Agency, which would pool premiums and negotiate pay rates with hospitals and providers.



Single-Payer Health Care Bill Faces Big Hurdle - KCRA Sacramento
01/17/2012 11:59 AM

Capital Public Radio News

Single-Payer Health Care Bill Faces Big Hurdle
KCRA Sacramento
Under the single-payer bill, Californians would pay the state -- instead of private insurance companies -- to negotiate health care. The bill would cover any resident, including the estimated 7 million Californians who don't have health insurance now.
California lawmakers try another 'single-payer' health care billKansas City Star
Single-Payer Health Care Bill Before California Lawmakers AgainCapital Public Radio News
California single-payer system has another go before Senate committeeNews-Medical.net
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Single Payer 2 Votes Short in Senate - California Healthline
01/27/2012 01:04 PM

Single Payer 2 Votes Short in Senate
California Healthline
by David Gorn The idea of a single-payer health care system in California stalled on the Senate floor yesterday, falling two votes short of passage. Reconsideration of the bill was granted, though, so proponents of SB 810 by Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) ...

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California single-payer health care bill stalls in state Senate - Sacramento Bee (blog)
01/26/2012 01:34 PM

News10.net

California single-payer health care bill stalls in state Senate
Sacramento Bee (blog)
He called the bill, which does not include funding to cover the projected $250 billion annual cost of running the single-payer system, the first step in a "many year project" that will likely require asking voters to approve financing.
SB 810 Single Payer Healthcare Needs Your Phone Calls TodayBay Area Indymedia
Single-Payer Bill Fails In State SenateKPBS
California State Senate Rejects Single-Payer Health Insurance OptioneMaxHealth
Kansas City Star
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A push for a single payer system, even as reforms take effect - healthycal.org
01/30/2012 11:05 PM

A push for a single payer system, even as reforms take effect
healthycal.org
Mark Leno is trying to get 20 of his fellow California state senators to vote in favor of his single-payer healthcare legislation this week. The proposed law, dubbed the “Medicare for All” bill, doesn't look likely to pass. Yet the introduction of the ...

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Single-payer bill fails in California Senate - News-Medical.net
01/30/2012 06:37 AM

Single-payer bill fails in California Senate
News-Medical.net
A single-payer health plan failed by two votes in the California State Senate Thursday. Legislation to create a universal health care system in California stalled in the state Senate Thursday ahead of a key legislative deadline, signaling it will ...
California attempts to pass a single-payer health care planExaminer.com

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A jazzy place no more; spelling bees for peewees; Super Bowling in St. Johns ... - OregonLive.com
02/03/2012 03:43 PM

A jazzy place no more; spelling bees for peewees; Super Bowling in St. Johns ...
OregonLive.com
Chip Shields promised his constituent and fellow qualified competitor for appointment to the vacated North Portland senate seat, Richard Ellmyer, that after his appointment to state senator he would submit Ellmyer's Single-Payer Oregon Community Health ...



Rep. Schakowsky: Obama win opens door to public option, single-payer - IFAwebnews.com
01/20/2012 12:39 PM

Fox News

Rep. Schakowsky: Obama win opens door to public option, single-payer
IFAwebnews.com
“It doesn't make it easier to get single-payer or even a public option. It makes it impossible.” Critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the landmark federal health reform law passed in March 2010, have long argued that the law is a ...
Dems Pin Fate Of Health Care Law On 2012 ElectionTPMDC
Sebelius rallies healthcare base for 2012 fightThe Hill (blog)

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Panel Sends Single-Payer Health Care Bill to Full Senate - California Healthline
01/20/2012 10:36 AM

Panel Sends Single-Payer Health Care Bill to Full Senate
California Healthline
Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), that would create a single-payer health care system, clearing the way for a vote in the full Senate. An analysis of the bill found that creating a single-payer system to serve all 37 million state residents could cost up to ...
California's single-payer health bill moves forwardPeople's World
Morning letters: Deliver state universal health care ASAPOCRegister

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