California Nurses Wastes Hundreds of Thousands More on Anti-Health Care Reform Mailers

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

In yet another effort to thwart comprehensive health care reform this year, the California Nurses Association is blowing several hundred thousand dollars on direct mail advertising campaign targeted at Assembly Bill 8, the Democratic health care proposal being negotiated with Governor Schwarzenegger.
 
The mail piece, headlined "Deal or No Deal," picks up on the off-the-wall testimony of CNA officials before the Senate Health Committee a few weeks back. At the time, CNA executive director Donna Gerber claimed the reason Democrats wanted to pass AB 8 was because of health care and insurance industry contributions, and the prospect of extending term limits. Her bizarre testimony had health care advocates in the room shaking their heads in disbelief.
 
CNA supports SB 840, the single payer health care bill. They know full well that single payer is dead as a door nail this year, next year, and until there's a Democratic governor and legislature willing to find a few billion bucks and the political courage to enact it. Most progressives are on board with SB 840, but they know there's nothing on the horizon suggesting it will become law in California.

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