Day Four

7 million people wake up today with no health insurance in California. 19 million people, over 1/2 the population of California, wake up today with under-insurance. That is rationed health care due to high deductibles that begging to be mitigated. For someone who is underemployed that reality sets in with also using emergency services and being a burden to the system.

Again the Massachusetts plan mitigates all of these issues and we can do much better here. Contact your state representatives and tell them you want universal health care now as a state system similar to what Massachusetts offers.

I will also be working closely with crafting simple legislation that I will post here over the course of this next year. In there you can comment and I will see if there is a way to address the issue. This is novel no where is there any precedence where ordinary people can have their say in crafting legislation. I will then take it whomever will listen and push this legislation. Again this will take a year to accomplish and I am your dedicated servant in this urgent matter. I will start by pulling apart the original bill 58 in Massachusetts that got this whole thing started for them. We have unique needs here divided into two groups. One migrant farm workers, and the other immigrant care. These groups need the same level of opportunity. It will be up to the individual or an offering form all business large or small to purchase what they need. If I cannot gain the "kings ear", I will need money to lobby a king. To do that I have to ask for your help.

What has happened with me is the need to see a hematologist. I wasted no time, once I was in the system, I immediately called to get an appointment. I was told the next appointment isn't until July. That is the reality of not having universal coverage where I have the choice where I can go. The filtered single place of doctor has a 3 month wait. I hope I have that long and needless to say have to organize my unique needs precisely and make demands precisely because that limits me to only four visits in a year.

Over time I will set the links over to the top right where all these facts can be plainly reviewed. I tell you now we are in a dire situation in this state even for those with health insurance, the costs are quickly becoming too much to bear.