Hey guys: Below is part of an email I received from Assemblyman Keity Richman. He is a Republican State Assemblyman from Los Angeles (somewhere in the Valley) and I have given a lot of money to him from my PAC (he is also a Medical Doctor). He is running for California State Treasurer next year and I am on his "election advisory board" which means I sit on conference calls where half the stuff goes way over my head. The pertinant information is down below.
Comments? Thoughts? Opinions?
Attached is information about the Universal Healthcare Act, the eight-bill bipartisan healthcare reform package Assemblyman Joe Nation and I will introduce this week. We have worked with the RAND Corporation and academic experts throughout California to develop this package that improves access, controls costs and enhances the quality of health care. We held meetings in Los Angeles, Fresno, Berkeley and San Diego where nationally recognized experts and local stakeholders discussed a variety of reform options. The package includes an individual mandate to purchase insurance, purchasing pools to reduce the costs, subsidies for low income workers, greater use of federal matching funds, electronic medical records, increased use of generic drugs, end of life care information and a center for science-based quality medicine. We are confident that our package is a more viable alternative than the single-payer and employer mandate systems which have gained attention in recent years.
The full report can be accessed at:
http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/pd...thcare0205.pdf or you can open the attachments below.
Please take a moment to review the material and provide me with any comments and suggestions.
Sincerely,
Keith S. Richman, M.D.
Member of the Assembly
