HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/17/2020 Item 18, Stoddard
Wilbanks, Megan
From:Sherri Stoddard <rosietr@charter.net>
Sent:Tuesday, November 17, 2020 1:48 PM
To:E-mail Council Website
Cc:Sherri Stoddard
Subject:medicare for all in SLO
I am writing in support of the Medicare for All Act of 2019. I would like the SLO City Council to support the
resolution.
Medicare for All would provide relief for hundreds of San Luis Obispo residents. Healthcare expenses are
draining local household budgets during this unprecedented period of disease and job loss. The Medicare for
All Act would provide relief for hundreds of San Luis Obispo residents.
People of color comprise approximately 30 percent of the population of our city but greater than 50 percent
of coronavirus cases. City Council support of one equitable system of healthcare for all is one of the core
values of an anti-racist community.
San Luis Obispo's municipal budget is strained in part by the rising cost of health insurance for its employees.
The Medicare for All Act would reduce double-digit increases in health insurance premiums to something
much closer to the general rate of inflation.
Essential workers, especially those who are sanitizing the places where we shop, eat, work and congregate,
generally do not have employer-sponsored health insurance. Many essential workers have no health
insurance at all. The Medicare for All Act would ensure everyone has access to high-quality healthcare and
would affirm the value of every human life.
Thank you,
Sherri Stoddard, RN, Los Osos CA
worked for 32 years in a SLO hospital
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