| Pennsylvania is on the threshold of
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| | companies after the second year, and add
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| breaking new ground because of her Single
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| | to this increased rates for participants
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| Payer Universal Health Care initiative,
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| | under PA ABC than they were paying under
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| HB 1660 and SB 300, which, if passed,
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| | Adult Basic, you can safely project that
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| will make health care available to every
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| | poorer Pennsylvanians will be forced to
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| Pennsylvanian.
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| | lose health insurance coverage.
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| Health Care For All PA is taking this
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| | People on the waiting list will
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| initiative to the next level, which I
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| | potentially be withdrawing their names.
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| will explain shortly.
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| | The Governor is not telling us the truth:
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| Meanwhile, the press ignores these Bills.
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| | that at the very least, PA ABC is under
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| Meanwhile, the HighMark/Independent Blue
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| | funded and enrollment ends when the money
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| Cross (IBX) merger is building its case.
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| | is spent.
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| Meanwhile, Governor Rendell plans to pass
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| | Yet Rendell continues to assert that PA
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| PA ABC which will cover only 200,000
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| | ABC will cover everyone.
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| Pennsylvanians, out of the 1.4 million
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| | Additionally, PA ABC will also reinstate
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| who currently have no health insurance at
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| | the State subsidy for malpractice
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| all.
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| | insurance which the Governor had
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| This will make a bad situation much, much
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| | withdrawn previously, in the attempt to
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| worse here in the Commonwealth.
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| | gain support for PA ABC.
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| But no matter how media and corporate
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| | Malpractice would only be reinstated,
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| monopolies ignore the inevitable, we are
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| | however, for those physicians who add the
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| heading toward Single Payer one way or
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| | PA ABC patients as enrollees, with payout
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| the other.
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| | at low Medicaid-like fees.
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| Single Payer is publically funded while
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| | Health Care 4 All PA needs to empower
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| the Blues are privately funded.
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| | those legislatures who resist this ploy
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| The insurance companies compete against
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| | by helping them to see that resisting
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| the for profit powers represented by
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| | this makes moral sense.
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| Aetna and United and all the rest while
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| | (Thanks to Jerry Policoff for making
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| Single Payer is designed for the public
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| | available the above statistics on Adult
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| good.
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| | Basic and PA ABC. Jerry will be writing a
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| One enriches shareholders and an elite
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| | more comprehendsive article on this very
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| few while the other is designed to
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| | topic in the days to come).
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| provide quality, affordable health care
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| | Governor Rendell is on record as saying
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| for everyone here in Pennsylvania.
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| | he will sign HB 1660 if it comes across
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| The IBX/Highmark merger has prompted
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| | his desk.
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| concern among critics about competition
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| | Our grassroots efforts have many
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| in the insurance market and clout the new
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| | dimensions. We see the corruption of the
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| company would wield in setting
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| | insurance companies and we see the
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| reimbursement rates for hospitals and
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| | politicians who pander to them.
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| doctors, an article in Pittsburgh's
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| | But to date, we have 43 sponsors for HB
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| "Business Times", May 26, 2008 states.
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| | 1660 and SB 300 in the State House and
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| The consolidation of IBX and Highmark is
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| | Senate.
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| the largest insurance company deal ever
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| | Our growing grassroots movement needs to
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| proposed within any state and will create
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| | become aggressively disciplined and
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| a $22 billion dollar company.
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| | organized to fight the forces of
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| Our grassroots group, Health Care 4 All
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| | ignorance here in Pennsylvania.
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| PA, supports Single Payer because it's
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| | So we have taken it to the next level
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| the best way to fulfill our mission: to
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| | which is: Gaining support for an economic
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| bring quality, affordable health care to
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| | impact study to outline exactly how much
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| all Pennsylvanians.
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| | Universal Access to health care will cost
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| We've decided to protest the merger
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| | in the Commonwealth.
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| because it runs counter to our mission.
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| | We need the economic impact study because
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| Governor Rendell has cut a deal with
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| | our group is not a legislative body.
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| Highmark and IBX to help them get the
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| | The study does not guarantee passage, but
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| merger approved in return for their help,
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| | makes the case for passage.
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| financial and otherwise, in passing PA
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| | Keep in mind that Rendell's PA ABC did
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| ABC.
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| | not have an economic impact study.
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| PA ABC replaces Adult Basic which
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| | Sounds like it could have used one.
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| provides health insurance to
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| | The Casino and Gaming initiatives had no
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| approximately 55,000 poor Pennsylvanians.
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| | economic impact study.
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| Approximately 95,000 are on the waiting
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| | The bar is set higher for us.
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| list and these plus 120,000 others would
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| | We've hit every standard and crossed it.
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| in theory gain access to PA ABC.
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| | We will not back down.
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| However, because there is a 4% annual
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| | We will get the money for the economic
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| increase by the health insurance
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| | impact study in the Autumn of this year.
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