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Ballot Measure Gets Five Thumbs Up!
November, 2003
Deadline for Ballot Measure Language Looms
In order to qualify a ballot measure raising funds (in part) for the Alameda County Medical Center on the March 2004 ballot, the language must be finalized...
Meetings and Events
- Town Hall Meeting on the Fairmont Campus Master Plan
- The Board of Supervisors will read the ballot measure
- The Blue Ribbon Panel
- Open-House, tour and lunch at West Oakland Health Council
- Open-House, tour and lunch at LifeLong Medical Care
- Vote Health Annual Potluck Holiday Party
Welcome To Our New Executive Committee Members!
We are privileged to have two "activists extraordinaire" join Vote Health's Executive Committee...
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman, Kay Eisenhower
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter.
October, 2003
Multiple
Changes at ACMC
First,
as Arnold Schwarzenegger's election to governor of California was confirmed,
Tim Redmond of the SF Guardian pointed out on KPFA that this is terrible
news for large cities and the urban poor...
SB2 and SB921 - Our
View
While last week's passage of Senate Bill
2 would provide health care coverage for an additional one million people
in California (if it gets past legal hurtles), it is a far cry from
our vision for universal, single payer health care...
Two Openings on Vote Health's Executive
Committee
Long
time Vote Health activists Margot Smith and Sue Bergman have resigned
from their Executive Committee positions...
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman, Sue Bergman, Kay Eisenhower
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter.
September, 2003
Conflict Between County Supervisors and ACMC Trustees
The County
Board of Supervisors is continuing to punish the Alameda County Medical Center for its $45 million deficit...
Patient Dumping Legislation Dumped by Bush
It just
got even more dangerous to be uninsured and ill,
or need emergency care...
SB2 Passes, SB921 Parked Until February
Governor Davis announced he will sign SB2, the "pay or play" bill...
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman, Brad Cleveland, Kay Eisenhower
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter.
August, 2003
Supervisors Put ACMC into "Receivership"
The saga of the Alameda County Medical Center continues...
March 2004 Health Care Ballot Initiative
After one of these marathons, the supervisors were asked whether they would be supportive...
Coalition to Save ACMC
Vote Health is participating in a recently convened "ACMC Coalition" of labor, community and health care policy organizations...
Updates
On Aug. 7th, a crowd of 275 attended the Town Hall Healthcare Forum...
The Alameda County Central Labor Council became the first council in California to endorse SB921...
VOTE HEALTH ENDORSES SUIT FILED BY DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES
After a presentation by Stephen Tollafield, attorney from Disability Rights Advocates, and much discussion, Vote Health's Executive Committee has decided to support the lawsuit filed by Disability Rights Advocates and Bay Area Legal Aid on behalf of the disabled and indigent...
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman, Sue Bergman, Brad Cleveland, Kay Eisenhower
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter.
July, 2003
Will the Other Shoe Drop at ACMC?
Following on the heels of the devastating closures of Central Health Center and Fairmont Ambulatory Care Clinics on June 27th and 30th respectively, ACMC's Board of Trustees deliberated on additional deep program cuts and access restrictions for Fiscal Year 03-04...
Single Payer Update
Here are excerpts from a letter to supporters of SB921 from Senator Sheila Kuehl:...
Single Payer Update
Here are excerpts from a letter to supporters of SB921 from Senator Sheila Kuehl:...
Join us at the June 28th Vote Health General Meeting...
Marla James, SEIU 616, Political Intern, will speak on The Budget Accountability Act.
Trauma Center versus Emergency Room: What's the Difference?
In the recent lists of proposed cuts for the Alameda County Medical Center, the most unthinkable on the list, and most likely the last service to go before the entire institution bleeds to death...
Central and Fairmont Clinics Celebrated and Mourned
Vote Health activists joined with SEIU and health care workers to mark the closures of the Central and Fairmont Clinics in their final days...
A Town Hall Meeting Hosted by Alameda County Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker:
***Health Care Reform***
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman , Kay Eisenhower
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter.
June, 2003
What Will be Left of the Health Care Safety Net?
TURN OUT FOR THE NEXT CRITICAL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEALTH CARE HEARING
Kate Scannell, M.D., wrote a moving column in the Oakland Tribune, May 29, 2003, "What Really Happened at Board of Supervisors Meeting (on clinic closures)"...
Trauma Center, Women's Urgent Care, Newark Clinic at Risk: County Budget Hearing on Health Care Services
Alameda County's annual budget hearings take place the week of June 16th, and on Tuesday, June 17th...
Single Payer Success in the Senate
SB 921 (Kuehl), the Health Care for All Californians Act, passed a major hurdle June 4 when it won...
Funeral March for the Clinics Tuesday, July 1st... EVENT CANCELED
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman , Kay Eisenhower
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter.
April, 2003
Early Budget Work Session Looks at County Health Care Picture
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is scheduling early budget work sessions devoted to an overview of the department budgets...
SB921-Health Care for All Californians Activities
Health Care for All and Vote Health hosted a regional meeting on March 31st to discuss Senate Bill 921 (Kuehl), known as Health Care for all Californians...
Updates
Just 10 days after her presentation at March's Vote Health membership meeting, Oakland City Councilperson Nancy Nadel announced the April 15th closure of the Red Star Yeast plant in West Oakland...
Upcoming Events
- The War at Home: Organizing for Economic & Social Justice
- Health and Justice Fair: A Communal Celebration of Local Efforts Toward Wholeness and Recognition of Basic Human Rights
- International Workers' Solidarity Day-May 1st
- Can We Get Universal Single Payer Health Care in CA?
- Lobby for SB921
Vote Health's New Website Revealed
With the technical expertise of Webmaster Joe Benham, Vote Health has developed a new and improved website...
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman , Kay Eisenhower, Suzi Goldmacher
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter.
March, 2003
CAMPAIGN HEATS UP WITH INTRODUCTION OF S.B.921
After months of anticipation, Senator Sheila Kuehl's single payer bill, The Health Care for All Californians Act, SB 921 was introduced
**Vote Health's New Executive Committee**
At our February General Membership Meeting, Vote Health members voted for a combination of new and old Executive Committee members
Juvenile Hall Victory Close!
...the Alameda County Board of Supervisors now has three out of five votes needed to rebuild Juvenile Hall
ACMC Budget Deficit
The Medical Center has moved aggressively this fiscal year to close its budget deficit by increasing revenue by $17 million
Covering the Uninsured Week ...
was March 10-16th, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In San Francisco, an opening panel was attended by about 150
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman, Sue Bergman, Allan Brill, Margot Smith.
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter
February, 2003
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE VS SINGLE PAYER
The term universal health care is often used by single payer advocates when they are talking about a single payer system but aren't comfortable with the name. The same phrase is used by the health care industry with a far different meaning...
Local Healthcare Updates:
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman, Sue Bergman, Kay Eisenhower.
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter
January, 2003
MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR SINGLE PAYER LEGISLATION
Almost daily the newspapers have had articles describing the fall of our current health care system
Claremont Hotel Workers Continue to Fight
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., supporters of the Claremont Hotel workers are rallying
*Vote Health Executive Board Elections*
Vote Health will be conducting its first election under the bylaws we adopted in May of 2001
Newsletter committee:
Nancy M. Friedman, Sue Bergman, Kay Eisenhower
Our thanks to CA Nurses Association for their help in producing this newsletter
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