HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 13-22 Support Health Care for al CaliforniansRESOLUTION NO. 13-22
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA,
IN SUPPORT OF GUARANTEED HEALTH
CARE FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS.
THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Morro Bay, California
WHEREAS, every person in the City of Morro Bay deserves high quality health
care; and
WHEREAS, the rising cost of health care challenges City of Morro Bay s municipal
budget and the budgets of our small businesses which keep our communities thriving*
and
WHEREAS, many of our residents have lost their employer -sponsored health
insurance during the current pandemic, and
WHEREAS, studies by conservative and liberal economists show nearly all
residents and all employers would spend far less with a program like that described in the
text of AB 1400 than they do today for health coverage and medical, dental, vision,
hearing, and other care and prescnption drugs; and
WHEREAS, legislation like AB 1400 that guarantees health care for all Californians
would provide every person in Morro Bay all necessary medical care including
prescription drugs; hospital, surgical and outpatient services; primary and preventive
care; emergency services; women's reproductive care; dental and vision care; and long-
term care; and
WHEREAS, legislation that guarantees health care for all Californians would
improve the existing Medicare program, provide coverage without co -pays, deductibles,
or other out-of-pocket costs and would slash bureaucracy, protect the medical decisions
made by patients and their doctors, and assure patients an unrestncted choice of doctors;
and
WHEREAS, legislation that guarantees health care for all Californians would
provide equitable access to high -quality health care regardless of income, race, gender
identity, etc. by eliminating financial barriers to seeking care and the inequitable
distribution of health care resources, two of the most insidious causes of the spread of
COVID-19.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Morro
Bay supports State legislation that would guarantee health care for all Californians, similar
in substance to the provisions of AB 1400, and both instructs staff to contact our
representatives in Sacramento to communicate such support from the City Council, and
also for the Mayor to submit letters of support on behalf of the City Council when such
legislation comes to a vote.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Morro
Bay at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day of February 2022 by the following
vote
AYES Headding, Addis, Barton, Ford
NOES Heller
ABSENT: None
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,Y
JOHN ENSING, Ma -`or
ATTEST:
DANA SWANSON, City Clerk