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This article was originally posted in Vista Press<\/a><\/p>\n

Written by Armen Kurdian<\/p>\n

This week, the CA Assembly is debating Assembly Bill 1400 to establish a government takeover of Californian\u2019s healthcare, called \u201cCalCare,\u201d\u00a0for everyone living within the state.\u00a0 It is coupled with the biggest statewide tax hike in our nation\u2019s history.\u00a0 New taxes summing over $160B per year would be imposed upon most businesses and working families.\u00a0 Small businesses would see their taxes go up tens of thousands of dollars per year in the form of payroll, income, and excise taxes.\u00a0 Employer and individual tax deductions are eliminated.\u00a0 The average family of four would see their taxes go up by at least $4,000 \/ year.<\/p>\n

Under this new \u201cCalCare\u201d, all of\u00a0y<\/s>our health care choices, coverages, options, get taken out of\u00a0y<\/s>our hands.\u00a0 Senior citizens will lose their Medicare coverage but still have to pay new taxes.\u00a0 A state bureaucracy will now make all of your healthcare decisions, governed by a set of political appointees.\u00a0 This program is estimated to cost up to $391B \/ year.<\/p>\n

Strongly opposed by 65% of Californians, free health care may sound like a great idea until all your medical care is governed by bureaucrats. Everyone should have access to medical care when they need it, but this potentially disastrous implementation of a desirable outcome is absolutely the wrong way to go.<\/p>\n

San Diego\u00a0is home to the best doctors, cutting-edge medical technologies, and some of the most innovative biopharma companies in the world.\u00a0 Under government-run healthcare, consumers like you and me lose the ability to choose the care that is right for us.\u00a0 Relatedly, the state doesn\u2019t have incentive to keep costs down. We have seen here in San Diego County the broken promises of the SANDAG governing board regarding work they promised on the Highway 78 corridor and other roads & highways over the last 14 years, but never delivered.\u00a0 Why would Californians trust their state government\u2014which repeatedly acts counter to the will of its citizens\u2014any more?<\/p>\n

Find your Assembly Representative\u00a0at\u00a0https:\/\/findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov\/<\/a>\u00a0to express your opposition.\u00a0 We should be looking for ways to Increase competition, test out concepts such as outcome-based healthcare where consumers are rewarded for staying healthy, increase portability, and expand health and flexible savings accounts. California has robust safety nets for those truly in need.\u00a0 We need to put\u00a0medical choices\u00a0in the hands of\u00a0everyday Californians.\u00a0 AB1400 will, in one fell swoop, smack all that power from our hands.<\/p>\n

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