Comments on: Why Sen. Lou Correa voted against SB 810

By: Claire L. Pelton

Claire L. Pelton — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:19:52 +0000

It is difficult for me to believe that this senator could be so absolutely clueless. Please let me know when his term is up so I can spread the word to my colleagues in his district to vote “NO.” For someone who equates ER care with universal health care, my description of him as “clueless” clearly isn’t strong enough.

Sent with dismay that some Californians actually voted for someone so out of touch and so removed from reality

By: StevefromSacto

StevefromSacto — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:16:49 +0000

#3, Notice there’s nothing about “recalling” Correa. Not a word about “heads on a stick.” And nothing about his being a “traitor.”

The phrase “attack, attack, attack” obviously concerns the issue of health care reform. It is not a personal attack on Senator Correa.

On the other hand, ask Assemblyman Anthony Adams if the Republican attacks on him were personal.

By: Kronick-HCA

Kronick-HCA — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:24:22 +0000

So Sen. Correa you repeat a lot of fluff talking point about jobs and excess costs for healthcare, but you refuse to do the homework that would prove that computer modeling by a nationally recogized firm, showed that California could insure all its insured, uninsured, and underinsured residents and save $8 billion per year. Doesn’t saving 25% of the cost of state, city, and county employees and retirees healthcare benefits mean anything to you? This modeling firm was so proficient at its work that United Healthcare purchased them and is now contolling their output. Certainly the LAO discounted those modeling studies as not inflationarily current but the metrics that the LAO used were not necessarily concurrent with a firm with decades of experience although it is more reliable then hot air.

And does it not occur to you, sir, that close to 22% of the population of this state was uninsured and that using the money now spend on private insurer overhead to provide care for those uninsured and those who have recently been losing their jobs and insurance coverage might actually provide some significant economic stimulus?

The PROBLEM is that private insurers are unaccountable, are not aligned with any structural governance or measurement control system, and are not integrated into any systemic interface with medical providers to initiate creative improvements to decades old procedures. The SB 810 legislation rectifies those failures in the existing healthcare conundrum as well as providing providers a public forum to negotiate reimbursement rates.

By: Art Pedroza

Art Pedroza — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:54:52 +0000

#1,

Really? Here is how the liberal blog Calitics reported this (notice their use of the word “attack”):

You’ll be shocked to learn that Republicans are framing this as Democrats Out of Touch, and it’s possible that SB810’s supporters will get wobbly. Two things need to happen:

Call the California Senators Calderon, Correa, and Wright and let them know that saving the state billions in waste and fraud is still politically viable – contact info on the flip.

Push back on the corporate narrative – talking points and media links on the flip.

Attack attack attack. If you’re not a constituent, call them anyway. Let them know that California can show the rest of the country that Democrats understand we want universal healthcare.

http://calitics.com/diary/10986/sb-810-democrats-push-for-single-payer

By: EastBayLarry

EastBayLarry — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:21:34 +0000

At last, a democrat with some sense!
I find it hard to believe that the legislators who voted “Yea” on this would have the nerve to add this burden to our states’ budget.

By: stevefromsacto

stevefromsacto — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:48:49 +0000

And you will notice that, unlike the way OC Right and your friends do it, no one is threatening to burn Sen. Correa at the stake for voting against the single-payer bill.

However, I am willing to bet that had one Republican lawmaker voted for the bill, you and John and Ken would have been bellowing for his or her “head on a stick!”