[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [GPCA Updates] GREEN PARTY NEWS RELEASE: Bold universal health care plan designed to lower costs

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>** Green Party of California Update **
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>Green Party of California applauds bold universal health care plan
>designed to lower costs, cover all state residents
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>GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA NEWS RELEASE
>For immediate release: Monday, Feb. 14, 2005
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>SACRAMENTO (February 14, 2005) – The Green Party of California
>Monday said a new report indicating about 50 percent of health
>care spending is unnecessary supports soon-to-be-introduced
>legislation here that will provide health care for all
>Californians, and still save the state billions of dollars.
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>According to a report by Boston University, half of all health
>care spending do not go to treat the sick, but for insurance
>company profits, excessive drug prices and unneeded administrative
>costs.
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>The GPCA has long supported universal health care as a way to
>cover all Californians. Legislation that meets that goal is about
>to be introduced by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl's, whose plan would
>consolidate hundreds of health plans in the state into one which
>would cover all California residents without increasing spending.
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>That analysis came from yet another report – this one by the
>independent Lewin Group – that concluded Kuehl's plan would afford
>residents comprehensive, affordable insurance with medical,
>dental, vision, surgical and prescription drug coverage and still
>save California $8 billion the first year and $344 billion over 10
>years.
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>"Santa Monica and the Green Party are proud of Senator Kuehl's
>leadership on universal health care," said Santa Monica City
>Councilmember Kevin McKeown.
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>"Providing high-quality affordable coverage for all Californians
>while saving money should be immediately embraced by the
>Legislature and the Governor," he added.
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>The Green Party of California
>http://www.cagreens.org
>P.O. Box 2828, Sacramento, CA 95812
>Phone: (916) 448-3437
>gpca at greens.org
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Paul Etxeberri

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