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                          SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                                 COMMITTEE ANALYSIS
                           Senator Deborah V. Ortiz, Chair


          BILL NO:       SB 921                                      S
          AUTHOR:        Kuehl                                       B
          AMENDED:       April 21, 2003
          HEARING DATE:  May 7, 2003                                 9
          FISCAL:        Revenue and Taxation / Appropriations       2
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          CONSULTANT:                                                
          Hansel / ak
                                          

                                        SUBJECT
                                           
                            Single payer health coverage

                                        SUMMARY  

          The bill would establish the California Health Care System to  
          provide universal health care using a single payer system.

                                       ABSTRACT  

          Existing law:
          1.Establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the  
            Department of Health Services (DHS), which provides  
            comprehensive health benefits to low-income children up to age  
            21, their parents or caretaker relatives, pregnant women,  
            elderly, blind or disabled persons, nursing home residents and  
            refugees who meet specified eligibility criteria. 

          2.Establishes Medi-Cal eligibility criteria which vary across  
            program categories.  Medi-Cal provides health coverage to  
            pregnant women and children up to the age of one with family  
            incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty level (FPL),  
            children ages 1 to 5 with family incomes at or below 133% of  
            FPL, children ages 6 through 19 and parents of children up to  
            age 18 who have family incomes up to 100% of FPL.

          3.Establishes the Healthy Families program, administered by the  


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            Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, which provides  
            affordable health, vision and dental benefits to uninsured  
            legal immigrant and citizen children from birth to age 19 who  
            do not qualify for no share-of-cost Medi-Cal and have family  
            incomes at or below 250% of FPL. 

          4.Provides for the regulation of health care service plans by  
            the Department of Managed Health Care and health insurers by  
            the Department of Insurance. 
           

           This bill:  
           1.   Establishes the California Health Care System (CHCS) to be  
               administered by the newly created Health Care Agency (HCA)  
               under the control of an elected Health Care Commissioner  
               (commissioner) which shall be the single state agency with  
               full power to supervise every phase of the administration  
               of the CHCS.

          2.   Provides that the HCA shall be comprised of a Health Policy  
               Board, the Office of Consumer Advocacy, and the Office of  
               Medical Practice Standards. 

          3.   Declares that the purpose of the CHCS shall be:
             a.   To provide universal and affordable health care coverage  
               for all California residents.

             b.   To provide California residents with an extensive  
               benefit package that includes prescription drugs. 

             c.   To control health care costs and the growth of health  
               care spending.

             d.   To achieve measurable improvement in health care  
               outcomes.

             e.   To increase provider, consumer, employee, and employer  
               satisfaction with the health care system. 

             f.   To implement policies that strengthen and improve  
               culturally and linguistically sensitive care.

             g.   To develop an integrated health care database to support  


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               health care planning.

          4.   Specifies the organization of the office of the  
               commissioner and requires the commissioner to do the  
               following:
             a.   Implement statutory eligibility standards.

             b.   Adopt annually a benefits package for consumers which  
               shall meet or exceed the minimums required by law.

             c.   Act directly or through one or more contractors, as the  
               single payer for all claims for services provided under  
               this division.

             d.   Develop, implement, and review formulae for determining  
               budgets for health care services.

             e.   Provide for timely payments to professional providers  
               and health facilities and clinics through a structure that  
               is efficient to administer and that eliminates unnecessary  
               administrative costs.

             f.   Implement, to the extent permitted by federal law,  
               standardized claims and reporting methods under this  
               division, including a system of centralized electronic  
               claims and payments.

             g.   Establish an enrollment system that will ensure that all  
               eligible California residents, including those who travel  
               frequently, those who cannot read, and those who do not  
               speak English, are aware of their right to health care, and  
               are formally enrolled.  

             h.   Report annually to the Legislature and the Governor on  
               or before October 1 on the performance of the CHCS, its  
               fiscal condition and need for rate adjustments, consumer  
               copayments, or consumer deductible payments,  
               recommendations for statutory changes, receipt of payments  
               from the federal government, whether current year goals and  
               priorities were met, future goals and priorities, and major  
               new technology or prescription drugs that may affect the  
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             i.   Negotiate for prescription drug and durable and  
               nondurable medical equipment to achieve the lowest possible  
               cost available under the CHCS formulary.

             j.   Negotiate for, or set, rates, fees and prices involving  
               any aspect of the CHCS, and establish procedures relating  
               thereto.

             aa. Administer the revenues of the Health Care Fund.

             bb.Establish, appoint, and fund as part of the administration  
               of the HCA, the following:  1) a Health Policy Board, 2) an  
               Office of Consumer Advocacy with offices convenient to all  
               the residents of the state, and 3) an Office of Medical  
               Practice Standards and a Medical Practice Standards  
               Advisory Board.

             cc.Administer all aspects of the HCA that include the  
               following:
                     Establish standards and criteria for allocation of  
                 operating funds and funds from the Health Care Fund.
                     Meet regularly with the chief medical officer and  
                 the consumer advocate to review the impact of the HCA and  
                 its policies on the regions.  
                     Establish health system goals in measurable terms.
                     Establish statewide health care databases to support  
                 health care planning.  
                     Implement policies to assure culturally competent  
                 and linguistically sensitive care and develop mechanisms  
                 and incentives to achieve this purpose.

             5.   Specifies the membership and duties of the Health Policy  
               Board including to:
             a.   Establish policy on medical issues, population-based  
               public health issues, research priorities, scope of  
               services, expanding access to care, and evaluation of the  
               performance of the system.

             b.   Investigate proposals for innovative approaches to  
               health promotion, disease and injury prevention, education,  
               research, and health care delivery.

             c.   Establish standards and criteria by which requests by  


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               health facilities for capital improvements shall be  
               evaluated.

          1.Specifies the organization and duties of the Office of the  
            Consumer Advocate including:
             a.   Developing standards and procedures for resolving  
               consumer disputes with the HCA.

             b.   Developing educational and informational guides for  
               consumers describing their rights and responsibilities, and  
               informing them on effective ways to exercise their rights  
               to secure health care services.  

             c.   Establishing a toll-free telephone number to receive  
               complaints regarding the HCA and its services.  

             d.   Recommending improvements to the HCA, the commissioner,  
               the Health Policy Board, the Office of Medical Practice  
               Standards, and the Medical Standards Practice Board.

             e.   Examining the extent to which individual health  
               facilities and clinics meet the needs of the community in  
               which they are located.

             f.   Receiving, investigating, and responding to complaints  
               from any source about any aspect of the CHCS, referring the  
               results of investigations to the appropriate professional  
               provider or facility licensing boards or law enforcement  
               agencies.

             g.   Publishing an annual report to the public and the  
               Legislature containing a statewide evaluation of the HCA. 

             h.   Holding public hearings, at least annually, throughout  
               the state concerning complaints and suggestions from the  
               public.

             1.   Specifies the organization of the Office of Medical  
               Practice standards which shall be headed by the chief  
               medical officer whose duties shall include:
             a.   Study and report on the efficacy of health care  
               treatments and of drugs for particular conditions.
             b.   Evaluate medical services to determine credible evidence  


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               of significant benefit.
             c.   Identify causes of medical errors and procedures that  
               would decrease those errors.
             d.   Establish an evidence-based formulary.
             e.   Identify treatments and medications that are unsafe or  
               have no proven value.

          1.Creates an Office of the Inspector General for the CHCS within  
            the Office of the Attorney General with powers and duties as  
            specified.

          2.Requires that the CHCS be operational no later than January 1,  
            2006; requires the commissioner to appoint a transition  
            advisory group to assist with the transition to the CHCS with  
            membership and duties as specified.

          3.Creates the Health Care Fund and obligations, as specified.

          4.Requires the commissioner to prepare an annual budget to  
            include:
             a.   A CHCS budget that includes all expenditures.
             b.   Facility and provider budgets for each of the two  
               principal mechanisms of professional provider reimbursement  
               (fee-for-service and integrated health delivery system),  
               and for individual health facilities and their associated  
               clinics.
             c.   A capital investment budget.
             d.   A purchasing budget.
             e.   A research and innovation budget.
             f.   A workforce development budget.
             g.   A budget for prescription drugs.

          1.Requires the commissioner to limit growth of health care costs  
            in the CHCS budget by reference to changes to state gross  
            domestic product, population, employment rates, and other  
            demographic indicators.

          2.Allows providers and facilities licensed in California to  
            participate in the CHCS and allows them to choose whether they  
            will be recompensed as fee-for-services providers or as part  
            of a capitated provider network.

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            divided among categories of licensed health care providers, in  
            order to establish a total annual budget for each category.

          4.Requires commissioner to negotiate fee-for-service  
            reimbursement rates or salaries for health care providers.  In  
            the event negotiations are not concluded in a timely manner,  
            the commissioner shall establish the reimbursement rates.

          5.Allows facilities, group practices, and integrated health care  
            systems to choose to be reimbursed through a global facility  
            budget or on a capitated basis.  

          6.Requires the budget for capitated providers to be sufficient  
            to cover all eligible individuals choosing an integrated  
            health care delivery system at the rates negotiated or set by  
            the commissioner.  

          7.Requires the commissioner to implement cost controls to  
            include:
             a.   Postponement of introduction of new benefits or benefit  
               improvements.
             b.   Postponement of new capital investment.
             c.   Adjustment of provider budgets to correct for  
               inappropriate provider utilization.
             d.   Limitations on provider reimbursement above a specified  
               amount of aggregate billing.
             e.   Deferred funding of the Reserve Account.
             f.   Establishment of a limit on aggregate reimbursements to  
               pharmaceutical manufacturers.
             g.   Imposition of co-payments or deductible payments.
             h.   Imposition of an eligibility waiting period in event of  
               substantial influx of individuals into the state for  
               purpose of obtaining health care through the CHCS.

          1.States the intent of the Legislature to dedicate revenue from  
            the following sources for deposit in the Health Care Fund:
             a.   A personal income tax surtax for health care on unearned  
               income at the rate of __ percent.

             b.   A cigarette and tobacco products surtax for health care  
               as follows:
                     On all cigarettes sold in this state, ___ on each  
                 pack of cigarettes.


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                     On tobacco products other than cigarettes sold in  
                 this state, a tax rate determined by the State Board of  
                 Equalization that is equivalent to the tax imposed on  
                 cigarettes.

               c.     An alcohol surtax for health care as follows:
                     On all beer sold in this state, ___ on each 12-ounce  
                 can and at a proportionate rate for any other quantity.
                     On all still wines containing not more than 14  
                 percent of absolute alcohol by volume that are sold in  
                 this state,  ___ on each 750 milliliter bottle and at a  
                 proportionate rate for any other quantity.
                     On champagne, sparkling wine, and sparkling hard  
                 cider whether naturally or artificially carbonated, sold  
                 in this state, ___ on each 750-milliliter bottle and at a  
                 proportionate rate for any other quantity.
                     On all distilled spirits sold in this state, ____ on  
                 each 1.75 liter bottle and at a proportionate rate for  
                 any other quantity.

          1.States that it is the intent of the Legislature, commencing on  
            January 1 of the second year following passage of this  
            division and quarterly thereafter, to require all persons  
            employed in this state to pay a health care tax of __ percent  
            on their wage income.

          21.States that it is the intent of the Legislature, commencing  
            on January 1 of the second year following passage of this  
            division and quarterly thereafter, to require all employers of  
            resident employees to pay a health care tax of __ percent of  
            total payroll.

          22.Exempts employers from the payroll tax requirements who have  
            established an employee benefit plan subject to federal law  
            which preempts the Act.  Directs the commissioner to pursue  
            reasonable means to secure a repeal or waiver of any provision  
            of federal law that preempts the Act.

          23.Provides for collection of health care costs from collateral  
            sources until such time as all other payers for health care  
            have been terminated.

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            exemptions, agreements, or legislation so that all federal,  
            state, and county payments for health care within the state  
            shall be paid directly to the CHCS.  Provides that the  
            responsibility of the CHCS for providing care is secondary to  
            existing federal, state, or local governmental programs for  
            health care services to the extent that funding for these  
            programs is not transferred to the Fund.

             25.Requires the commissioner, if allowed as specified, to pay  
               all premiums, deductible payments, and coinsurance for  
               qualified Medicare beneficiaries, as specified.

          26.Requires the CHCS, if allowed as specified, to pay Medicare  
            Part B premiums for all individuals who are eligible for both  
            the CHCS and the Medicare program.

          27.Provides that all California residents shall be eligible for  
            CHCS.

          28.Allows any eligible individual to choose to receive services  
            under the CHCS from any willing participating professional  
            provider.

          29.Specifies that covered benefits shall include all medical  
            care determined to be medically appropriate by the consumer's  
            health care provider.  These benefits include, but are not  
            limited to, inpatient and outpatient, diagnostic, durable  
            medical equipment, rehabilitative, health education, home  
            health, prescription drug, mental health, dental, vision, case  
            management, substance abuse, and skilled nursing services.

          30.Excludes coverage of:
             a.   Health care services determined to have no medical  
               indication by the chief medical officer and the Medical  
               Practice Standards Advisory Board.

             b.   Surgery, dermatology, orthodontia, prescription drugs,  
               and other procedures primarily for cosmetic purposes,  
               unless required to correct a congenital defect, restore or  
               correct a part of the body that has been altered as a  
               result of injury, disease, or surgery, or determined to be  
               medically necessary by a qualified, licensed health care  
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             c.   Private rooms in inpatient facilities, unless determined  
               to be medically necessary by a qualified, licensed provider  
               in the system.

             d.   Services of a professional health care provider or  
               facility that is not licensed or accredited by the state.

             31.Prohibits the commissioner from allowing deductible  
               payments or copayments during the initial two years of the  
               systems operation, but then shall determine whether  
               deductible payments or copayments should be established,  
               subject to limits as specified.

             32.Provides that the agency and the commissioner, as well as  
               actions to negotiate or set rates, fees, or prices, and the  
               promulgation of all regulations, shall be exempt from the  
               regulatory oversight and review of the Office of  
               Administrative Law, with exceptions.  

                                     FISCAL IMPACT  

          According to an analysis of a proposal similar to SB 921 by the  
          Lewin Group, expenditures in the first year of operation would  
          total about $135 billion.  Expenditures for health care services  
          would total about $132. 3 billion and program administration  
          would account for about $2.4 billion.  About $66 billion of this  
          would come from redirecting funding for current government  
          programs.  The bill states the intent of the Legislature to  
          dedicate revenue from a new personal income surtax, cigarette  
          and tobacco surtax, and an alcohol surtax to fund the remaining  
          costs.

                               BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION  

          The author states the bill has as its purpose establishing  
          universal health insurance for all California residents,  
          stabilizing growth in health care spending, including costs to  
          employers, and improving health outcomes and consumer and  
          provider satisfaction.

          The author states there are no uniform regulations and statutes  
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          health insurance and delivery system that is administratively  
          complex and annually diverts billions of dollars in health care  
          spending from direct health care services to administrative  
          costs.  The author adds that it provides care based on income  
          and insurance status rather than medical need, with intricate  
          interactions with public and private health insurance programs,  
          providers, and regulatory agencies that are confusing and  
          time-consuming for consumers and providers alike. 

          The author believes existing law provides no mechanism for  
          stabilizing the growth in health care spending that is quickly  
          outpacing growth in Gross Domestic Product, and that absent  
          budgeting capabilities, growth in health care spending is  
          rapidly surpassing the ability to afford current levels of  
          benefits or to add new benefits related to technological  
          improvements.  International comparisons demonstrate the ability  
          of single payer health care systems stabilize the growth in  
          health care spending.

          The author points out that health care providers spend  
          increasing amounts of time navigating the porous network of  
          public and private health insurance programs.  For example, UCSF  
          Children's Hospital works with nearly 80 different health  
          insurance policies and public programs each with its own  
          benefits package, formulary schedule, and rate of co-payments  
          and deductibles.  One peninsula group practice serving 70,000  
          patients works with 6,000 different health insurance plans.

          The author states between 20-30% of the health care dollar is  
          spent on administration (excluding profit).  A quantitative  
          analysis performed by the Lewin Group that a single payer  
          system, California could reduce administrative costs to 1.8% of  
          health care spending, allowing the system to divert $14 billion  
          dollars annually to direct health care services.  The author  
          notes the bill aims for 5% administrative costs, with the higher  
          rate being assumed as a cost of making the transition.

          The author believes the bill would:  create cost control  
          authority; create the means for equitable distribution of  
                                                        resources and incentives to practice in under-served areas;  
          create risk-adjusted reimbursement; return medical  
          decision-making to medical providers and dramatically decrease  
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          pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.  
           
          The author states the United States leads the world in health  
          care spending at about $5,000 per person per year on average -  
          more than twice the average in other industrialized countries,  
          and that despite our high level of spending, the U.S. ranks 37th  
          in population-based health outcome measurements according to the  
          World Health Organization, well below the rankings of all other  
          industrialized nations.  This is true because a large portion of  
          the $5,000 is not going to health services and because nearly  
          20% of the population has no health insurance.  The author  
          believes the bill will correct both of these problems.

          According to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, an  
          estimated 6.3 million Californians lacked health insurance at  
          some time in 2001.  According to UCLA, lack of health insurance  
          is heavily associated with income, type of employment, and  
          geographic region.  According to an analysis by the Lewin group,  
          single payer proposals have the potential to cover virtually all  
          of the uninsured and extend benefits to the currently insured,  
          while reducing total health spending in the state, due to  
          administrative and other savings.

          Arguments in Support
          The American Civil Liberties Union believes that access to  
          health care should be considered as more a right than a  
          privilege.  The Congress of California Seniors believes the  
          California health care crisis cannot be solved through a  
          years-long series of incremental legislation.  Consumers Union  
          notes that the recent state Health Care Options Project found  
          the single payer proposal to be the most cost-effective means of  
          reaching universal coverage, and the bill would make more  
          funding available for health care that our current wasteful and  
          duplicative multi-insurer system.

          Health Access states the bill would guarantee health coverage to  
          every Californian, regardless of income or employment, by  
          shifting current private and public financing to a single system  
          of public financing similar to Medicare.  Health Access notes  
          that millions of adults, most of them working people, remain  
          uninsured or are vulnerable to periods uninsurance during job  
          changes and other life transitions, and that most of these  
          adults either cannot afford or cannot obtain health coverage.


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          Health Care for All California believes the bill would build a  
          healthcare system that is scientifically, economically and  
          ethically sound.  The League of Women Voters of California and  
          others believe that a basic level of quality health care and  
          affordable cost should be available to all, and that the bill  
          would provide equitable distribution of services, efficient and  
          economical delivery of care, advancement of medical research and  
          technology, and a reasonable total expenditure level for health  
          care.

          The Older Women's League and others state the high cost of  
          health care and prescription drugs has been extremely difficult  
          for so many women and that the situation is not improving with  
          HMOs dropping their coverage and increasing their premiums, and  
          that the current health-care system is woefully lacking with too  
          much of the money going to administrative costs.

          PICO and others note that there have been many reforms have  
          worked to expand health coverage for many Californians, but a  
          high percentage of our state's population remain uninsured, and  
          they believe it is important to begin identifying long-range  
          options to address the structural problems of our state's  
          health-care system.

          The Service Employees International Union and others state that  
          lack of insurance coverage, either permanently or  
          intermittently, prevents people from getting care that they can  
          afford when they need it, and that the uninsured and get half as  
          much care, they pay more for it, and their health and their  
          finances suffer as a result, and believe the bill will correct  
          this.

          Arguments in Opposition
          The Association of California Life and Health Insurance  
          Companies (ACLHIC) disagrees with the two major premises of the  
          bill: that government systems are more efficient than private  
          business, and that a single payer system would cost less than  
          the current private system.  ACLHIC points out that patients in  
          Canada or England face lengthy waiting times for services and  
          their medical outcomes are very poor compared to the United  
          States, and California particular.  ACLHIC states that not only  
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          diseases abysmal in comparison, but the services Californians  
          take for granted are so rationed that what should be routine  
          treatment becomes life-threatening.

          The California Association of Health Plans (CAHP) states  
          proponents of single payer reforms believe that wiping out  
          competing health plans will generate enormous savings from  
          lowered administrative costs and the elimination of profit, and  
          that the savings will be so substantial than 7 million uninsured  
          Californians can be immediately afforded health-care coverage  
          with not a penny of additional financing.  CAHP states that the  
          bulk of the administrative costs will not eliminated under a  
          single-payer system.  Claims payment, utilization review,  
          disease and care management programs, the development of drug  
          formularies, and customer service functions make up a lion's  
          share of what is commonly called "administration," and that none  
          of these functions are wasteful or inefficient and none can be  
          ignored under a single-payer system. 

          The California Association of Health Underwriters opposes the  
          bill because it would create problems for patients with medical  
          rationing, reduced access to medical technology and higher  
          mortality for treatable diseases.  CAHU believes the bill would  
          create problems for physicians with reduced income, and would  
          create increased administrative costs.

          The California Chamber of Commerce states that the bill does  
          nothing to address the underlying costs impacting health care  
          premiums.  The Chamber notes that a majority of voters in Oregon  
          rejected a similar proposal on the November 2002 ballot.  The  
          Chamber also argues that SB 921 will disproportionately impact  
          small businesses which cannot afford health coverage.

          The California Beer and Beverage Distributors and others believe  
          it is unfair and unjust to fund California's health care crisis  
          on the backs of employers with a tax increase on alcoholic  
          beverage products and through higher employee payroll taxes at a  
          time California businesses are already burdened with the  
          dramatic increases in workers' compensation, unemployment  
          insurance, and fuel and utility costs.

          Health Net opposes the bill because it requires the provision of  
          all medical care, giving unfettered discretion to providers in  


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          deciding what services to provide, and while perhaps appealing,  
          this is a recipe for cost overruns.  Health Net states that no  
          other single payer system gives providers such power, because to  
          do so would bankrupt the system, and therefore the bill provides  
          a false promise.


          Related legislation
           SB 2123 (Lee & Watson), introduced in 1998, would have  
            established a short, modified framework for a California  
            single payer system, but the bill failed in the Health and  
            Human Services Committee.

           SB 480 (Solis, Chapter, Statutes of 1999) required the  
            secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency  
            to report to the Legislature concerning options for achieving  
            universal health care coverage and to establish a process to  
            develop those options. 

           SB 1414 (Speier), introduced in 2002, would have created  
            Healthy California to provide universal coverage by expanding  
            and consolidating public health programs and requiring  
            employers to provide health insurance using a "pay or play"  
            approach, but failed in Senate Appropriations.

           SB 2 (Burton & Speier) would create an approach to universal  
            health coverage by mandating all employers provide health  
            insurance using a "pay or play" approach (also in Senate  
            Health and Human Services).

           AB 1527 (Frommer) would mandate employers with more than 50  
            employees to provide health insurance using a "pay or play"  
            approach (Assembly Health).

           AB 1528 (Cohn) would mandate all employers to provide health  
            insurance using a "pay or play" approach, require individuals  
            without employer provided health insurance to obtain health  
            insurance, and would create the California Essential Health  
            Benefits Program (Assembly Health).






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                                       POSITIONS
           
                               Organizations in Support


          9 to 5, Bay Area Chapter, National Association of 
             Working Women
          A Window Between Worlds
          ACCESS
          Activist Arts
          ACT UP East Bay
          Alameda County Advisory Commission on Aging
          AFSCME Retirees, Chapter 36
          Alameda County Advisory Commission on Aging
          Alameda County Board of Supervisors
          Almaden Hills United Methodist Church
          Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 192
          American Association of University Women
          American Civil Liberties Union of Southern 
             California
          American Civil Liberties Union, South Bay Chapter
          American Medical Student Association
          American Medical Women's Association, Inc.
          Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
          Asthma Education and Resource Council
          Berkeley Retired Teachers Association
          Beth Shir Sholom
          Breaking Barriers
          Breast Cancer Action
          Burma Forum Los Angeles
          Butte County Health Care Coalition
          California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
          California Association of Midwives
          California Church Impact
          California Commission on Aging
          California Commission on the Status of Women
          California Council of Community Mental Health 
             Agencies
          California Democratic Council
          California Democratic Party Disability Caucus
          California Dental Hygienist's Association
          California Disability Alliance
          California Federation of Teachers


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          California Foundation for Independent Living 
             Centers
          California Independent Public Employees Legislative
              Council
          California Insurance Commissioner Garamendi
          California National Organization of Women
          California Nurses Association
          California Optometric Association
          California Part Time Faculty Association
          California Physicians Alliance
          California Public Health Association - North
          California Retired Teachers Association, East Bay
          California School Employees Association
          California Senior Legislature
          California Society for Clinical Social Work
          California Teachers Association
          California Women's Law Center
          Carlton Designs
          Center for Independence of the Disabled, Inc.
          Center for Independent Living-Fresno
          Central Coast Center for Independent Living
          Child Care Law Center
          Citizenship Project
          City and County of San Francisco
          Cities of Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica
          Claremont House Residents' Council
          Coalition for a Living Wage
          Coalition for Quality Health Care
          Coast-to-Coast Community Campaigns
          Community Action Board, Santa Cruz County, Inc.
          Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles 
             County 
          Community Homeless Alliance Ministry 
          Community Leadership Development Council
          Community Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
          Congress of California Seniors
          Congress of California Seniors, Region 3
          Consumer Federation of California
          Consumers Union
          Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging
          Contra Costa County Senior Nutrition Program 
             Advisory Council
          Council on Wireless Technology Impacts


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          Counseling and Consulting Association
          County of Sacramento, Department of Health and 
             Human Services
          Dayle McIntosh Center
          Death Penalty Focus, Santa Cruz Chapter
          Democratic Action Club of Chico
          Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley
          Democratic Socialists of America, East Bay
          Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County
          Democrats for Change
          Demos Democratic Club of Hayward
          Disability Resource Agency for Independent Living
          Drug Policy Alliance 
          Dunham & Associates
          East Bakersfield Community Health Center
          East Bay Peace Action
          East Bay Women for Peace
          El Cerrito Democratic Club
          Elections Committee of the County of Orange 
          Evergreen Democratic Club of San Jose
          Faculty Association of California Community 
             Colleges, Inc.
          Family Counseling Center
          Federation of Retired Union Members, Santa Clara 
             and San Benito County
          Four Winds Inc.
          Fresno County Democratic Central Committee
          Friends Committee on Legislation of California
          Funeral Consumers Alliance of Monterey Bay, Inc.
          Gardena Valley Democratic Club
          Garment Worker Center
          Globallinx Network, Inc.
          Gray Panthers California
          Gray Panthers of Berkeley, Central Contra Costa 
             County, Long Beach, Marin, Sacramento, San 
             Francisco, South Bay, Southern Alameda County
          Green Party, Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, Santa 
             Clara, Santa Cruz
          Hadassah Southern California Nurses Council of San 
             Diego County
          Health Access California
          Health Care Council of Orange County
          Health Care for All - California


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          Health Care for All, Central California, Marin, Los 
             Angeles, Sacramento Valley, San Francisco, Santa 
             Barbara, Santa Cruz, South Bay/Long Beach, 
             Orange County, Tulare/Kings County
          Hermanson's Employment Services
          Homeless Health Care Los Angeles
          Ideas in Motion 
          Independent Living Resource Center
          Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco
          Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP)
          Interfaith Council on Religions, Race, Economic and 
             Social Justice
          International Friendship Society
          Jennings/Des Anges 
          Jericho
          Kayline 
          Kennedy Club of San Joaquin Valley
          Lambda Letters Project
          Latino Issues Forum
          Law Offices of Stewart, Green and McGowan
          League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara
          Lise Matthews and Associates
          Lifelong Medical Care
          Long Beach Greens
          Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
          Los Angeles Breast Cancer Alliance
          Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and 
             Homelessness
          Los Angeles County HIV Drug and Alcohol Task 
             Force
          Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
          Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
          Marin County Pharmaceutical Association
          Marin Democratic Club
          Marin Family Action
          Marin Interfaith Council
          Marin Interfaith Youth Outreach
          Marin United Taxpayers Association
          Matthews De Turck Architecture
          Mental Health Association in California
          Mental Health Association in Los Angeles County
          Metropolitan Community Church, Los Angeles
          Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational 


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             Fund (MALDEF)
          Middle East Children's Alliance
          Minerva Consulting
          Monterey Peninsula Monthly Meeting of Friends
          NAMI Yuba-Sutter
          National Association for the Advancement of 
             Colored People (NAACP), Pasadena Branch
          National Association of Social Workers - California
          National Association of Social Workers, Santa 
             Barbara County Unit
          National Council of Jewish Women, Los Angeles
          National Council of Jewish Women, Sacramento
          National Organization of Women (NOW), 
             Oakland/East Bay, San Jose/South Bay
          National Women's Political Caucus, Alameda North, 
             San Fernando Valley
          Neighbor to Neighbor, San Francisco
          Old Lesbians Organizing for Change
          Older Women's League of California
          Older Women's League - Inland Empire, Sacramento,
             San Francisco, Ohlone/East Bay
          Operation Access
          p-conn-tie Hot Ties 
          Pacific Unitarian Church
          Palo Alto Friends Meeting
          Palos Verdes Peninsula Democratic Club
          Peace Action of San Mateo
          Peninsula Democratic Coalition
          Peninsula Peace and Justice Center 
          People for a National Health Program
          Peoples Democratic Club
          Performing & Media Arts
          Pharmacists Planning Service, Inc.
          PICO California Project
          Planning for Elders in the Central City
          Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
          Pride At Work
          Professional Pharmaceutical Advocates
          Progressive Jewish Alliance
          Quincy Foundation for Medical Research Charitable 
             Trust
          Rainbow Coalition
          Resources for Independent Living


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          Ritter House
           










































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          Rolling Start, Inc.
          San Benito County Health and Human Services 
             Agency
          San Francisco AIDS Foundation
          San Francisco Bay Area Physicians for Social
             Responsibility
          San Francisco Department and Commission on the 
             Status of Women
          San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association
          San Mateo Community College Federation of 
             Teachers
          Santa Barbara Monthy Meeting of the Society of 
             Friends
          Santa Clara County Health Care Committee
          Santa Cruz County Coalition for a Living Wage
          Screen Actors Guild
          Seal Press
          Senior Advocacy Council, Pasadena
          Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
          SEIU, Locals 415, 535, 616, 949
          Southern California Americans for Democratic 
             Action
          Sherman Oaks Democratic Club
          South Hayward Parish
          - Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
          - Mt. Eden Presbyterian Church
          - St. Clement Catholic Church
          - Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church
          - United Church of Hayward
          - Wesley United Methodist Church
          - Westminster Hills Presbyterian Church
          St. Anthony Foundation
          St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church
          St John's Health Center
          St. Mary's Center
          The Shefa Fund
          Through the Looking Glass
          Trinity United Methodist Church of Berkeley
          Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura
          United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of 
             America, UE District 10
          United Nurses Association of California/Union of 









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             Health Care Professionals
          United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied 
             Trades, Local No. 81
          U.S.A/Cuba InfoMed
          Valley Democrats United
          Valley Financial
          Van Dyke and Associates
          Venice Family Clinic
          Vote Health
          Warehouse Union Local 6, ILWU
          West Contra Costa Healthcare District
          West County Toxics Coalition
          Westside Family Health Center
          Women Democrats of Placer County
          Women's Cancer Resource Center 
          Women's Foundation
          Women's International League for Peace and 
             Freedom, Berkeley/East Bay Monterey, Penninsula 
             Branch Santa Cruz
          Worksafe! Volunteers
          Numerous individuals
                                          
          
                             Organizations in Opposition


          Blue Cross of California
          California Association of Health Plans
          California Association of Health Underwriters
          California Association of Physician Groups
          California Health Care Association
          California Manufacturers & Technology Association
          California Beer and Beverage Distributors
          Chamber of Commerce, California
          Chamber of Commerce of Cerritos, Chico, Encinitas, Irvine, Santa  
          Fe Springs
          Coalition of California Insurance Professionals
          Coors Brewing Company
          Health Net, Inc.
          Logret Import and Export Company












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