The statewide OneCareNow grass roots campaign is devoted to educating Californians and building massive support for Senate Bill 840, titled "The California Health Insurance Reliability Act", authored by Senator Sheila Kuehl.

This landmark legislation provides fiscally sound, affordable and comprehensive coverage via universal health insurance for all Californians.

The bill creates one plan and one public trust fund which pays all health care bills and collects all the monies already being spent on health care and insurance plans that replace all premiums, deductibles and co-payments now paid by employers, employees and individuals.

Some of SB 840 benefits include:

Security - All California residents are covered for life.

Choice - Everyone has the freedom to choose their doctor or integrated health system such as Kaiser. Delivery of care will continue as now to be private and public.

Comprehensive Benefits - Coverage includes all care prescribed by a patient's health care provider that meets accepted standards of care and practice. Coverage includes hospital, medical, surgical, mental health; dental and vision care; prescription drugs and medical equipments, diagnostic testing, hospice care and more.

High Quality - The bill utilizes proven financial incentives that support the delivery of high quality care, including bonuses for providers working in rural or under-served areas. The plan invests in needed health care infrastructure such as electronic claims and reimbursement systems and statewide medical databases that improve health care quality.

Efficient Administration - Consolidating the hundreds of insurance plans, both private and public, into one comprehensive insurance plan saves the state, patients and providers billions of dollars each year.

Shared Responsibility - Payment of an affordable premium by employers, employees and individuals supports the health care system we all need at some time.

Fair Reimbursement - Providers receive fair and full compensation for all their services.

Cost Controls - Health care costs are controlled by efficient administration, bulk purchase of drugs and durable medical equipment, global health care budgets, coordination of capital expenditures, and linkage to growth of the State Gross Domestic Product.

Download SB 840 history and entire bill from California legislature.

For ease of use, get our Table of Contents for the bill.

Available for download is a comprehensive Fact Sheet from Senator Kuehl's office. We offer a 10-page Word document about the Features of SB 840.

Also available is a shorter summary, SB 840 Summary.

See also a Fact Sheet in Spanish.

You can download a list of the co-authors for SB 840.