Please take action now! AB 1400, or CalCare, would guarantee comprehensive health care for everyone in the state. We need you to urge your Assemblymember to support CalCare and make sure it passes the Assembly. It is up for vote MONDAY, JANUARY 31st.
| A message from HCA Chair & longtime friend of the Peace Center, Janet Thomas! “Dear friend, As many of you have heard, AB1400 which would set up a single-payer healthcare financing system in California, is getting closer to being approved! There is ONE MORE ASSEMBLY VOTE and, if passed, it will go to the Senate. The bill has already passed the Assembly Health Committee and Assembly Appropriations Committee and needs to pass the full Assembly by January 31st. It may be voted on by as early as the end of his week. These are actions you can take TODAY that would help make passage possible: 1) Call your Assembly Person asking for support of AB1400. (Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (925) 244-1600; Tim Grayson (925) 521-1511) 2) Email your assemblyperson. 3) Mail your assemblyperson 4) Write a letter to the editor or submit a blog post showing your support for AB1400. 5) Ask your friends and affiliate organizations to do the same. 6) Continue to educate those in your community about what is happening and why it is so important to all in our State. For more information about the bill and single-payer in general, please visit www.healthcareforall.org We hope you will join us Sunday, February 6th at 3 pm for our HCA-CCC member and supporter meeting via ZOOM. If you are on our email list, you will receive the ZOOM link later this week. If you are not on our supporter email list and would like to get more information please email me at jhthomas100@gmail.com Best always, Janet Thomas Chair, HCA – Contra Costa County Chapter |
