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Senator Oropeza joins those doubling-down on California "ObamaCare"

The bill to establish a $225 billion a year  single payer health insurance system in California will also ban all private health insurance in the state.

South Bay State Senator Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach) has placed her re-election hopes on being a co-author of SB 810, titled "Single-Payer Health Care Coverage", which states in the text for "Eligibility" the following:  "The bill would deem all California residents eligible for the CHS. Residency would be based on physical presence in the state with the intent to reside. This bill would also state legislative intent for the system to provide health care coverage to state residents who are temporarily out of the state."

This means every resident, citizens and non-citizens, would be eligible for this coverage. Welcome to ObamaCare for illegal immigrants and whoever else wants to move to California! Speaker Pelosi can stop what she's doing! California will pick up the tab for the 32% of Americans on welfare that live in California.

Reaction from around the state and the country is rocking Sacramento statehouse Democrats who yesterday made the first move toward banning private health insurance in California and initiating the new, $225 billion a year “universal health care” plan, just as voters in Massachusetts sent a message to the White House, Congress and the nation that single-payer healthcare needs to be re-examined.

Republican leaders in California say Democrats in the California Legislature are clearly out of touch with the mood of the public.

“It is incredible that once again, some of the more liberal Democrats are tone deaf to what’s going on in this nation,” said state Sen. George Runner, R-Antelope Valley. “This (California) bill is even more extreme than what’s being talked about in Washington.”

California GOP Chairman Ron Nehring said, “The Democrats’ ‘Massachusetts Meltdown’ on Tuesday proved that their idea of health care ‘reform’ is a loser.”

Californians can rest hope, though, because Governor Schwarzenegger has been adamantly opposed to such a plan and will assuredly veto this bill.

“Any elected official that thinks it’s a good idea to strap the state with tens of billions of dollars from a government-run health care system is clearly not in touch with what voters need and deserve,” said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Rachel Arrezola. “The governor continues to oppose any single-payer government-run health care system.”

Tax protestors in various tea party groups around the country have begun phone-banking the California state senators who moved SB810 out of committee with no comment yesterday.

South Bay Voters should call State Senator Jenny Oropeza immediately at (916) 651-4028 to voice their dissatisfaction.

2010 Republican challenger John Stammreich has already left messages, stating "If Senator Oropeza thinks that her continued voting history of killing jobs in the South Bay, opposing our local city councils and school districts by 'borrowing' local tax revenues that are needed for services & road repair, and ignoring the national message that single-payer health care will cost California businesses & families billions more in additional taxes, she is well on her way to being a former state senator!"

"Those concerned about revenues for local services, teacher salaries, and public works projects should be adamently opposing this bill! California legislators already cannot afford the budget it has been reluctant to trim! This kind of redistributive health care is a bad idea even when revenues are high, like they were during the Bush-Hastert economy. Doing so now after the effects of the Pelosi Congress have significantly reduced state tax revenues is simply irresponsible!"

"If this bill passes, every California taxpayer, regardless of their current healthcare plans, should get ready for lesser health care quality & less money in their pockets. This is possibly the biggest job-killer legislation to hit the California State Senate floor ever! Every elected official that votes for this should be targeted for defeat or recall this November!"

One thing's for sure: Senator Oropeza will have the hardest general election fight of her 20+ year political career if she doesn't figure out that 2010 is definitely not 2006, or even 2008!

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