Hawaii SB 1274 remains alive, along with its assault on the health care rights of almost everyone with employer-paid or Medicaid insurance. Raphael Del Castillo sent out this information at 4 am today:
I just came from the decision making by the House Comm on Finance, which passed SB1274 on with amendments. It was disappointing and frustrating. Health chair Ryan Yamane came to tell the committee that they were waiting for “language” to preserve the consumer protections in our existing law, but have not received any (my language recommendations don’t count – who knows, make up your own reasons). They are waiting on the Insurance Commissioner and the Abercrombie Administration. THERE ISN’T GOING TO BE ANY LANGUAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER. IF HE DOES NOT SUBMIT ANY, THEY WILL PASS THE BILL AS IT STANDS, SO WHY WOULD HE SUBMIT ANY?
MORE ALARMING STILL IS THE FACT THAT NO LEGISLATOR HAS YET RESPONDED TO THE OBJECTIONS TO THE EXCLUSION OF MEDICAID MEMBERS FROM THE EXTERNAL REVIEW. THEY ARE NOT LISTENING TO ME. NEVERCARE IS A LOT RICHER.
MEDICAID MEMBERS, THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU DO NOT PROTEST, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR RIGHTS NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS (UNLESS THE BILL IS KILLED).
Del Castillo is asking for an immediate email campaign to President Obama.
sit down and send an email to the President, president@whitehouse.gov (with cc: to all of the addresses below) asking him the following two things: Why is the Obama Administration conspiring with health insurers
1. To DENY Hawaii consumers their long-established protections?
2. To DEPRIVE the poorest and most vulnerable of Hawaii’s people of the protections they now have against the richest health insurance company in the world?
Put this in the subject box: “NO ON SB 1274”
The petition distributed through change.org has also been updated to include President Obama, as well as the governor and Hawaii State Senate.
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