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Alejandra Velasco
My name is Alejandra Velasco, I’m from Castaic, California, and I have end stage renal disease. I have to have home hemodialysis treatment. It took me six months to get my treatment authorized by Blue Shield, and letters to congressmen, Department of Managed Health Care. And finally, after all my trials, I was able to get it authorized. Once I got it authorized they dropped the whole Association of Realtors, and we had to get all new insurance again. So it was not easy getting health insurance afterward. |
 There is Widespread Support for Reform
 81% of voters agree with the statement "it should be public policy that government guarantee that all Californians have access to affordable health care insurance or other health care coverage."
Source: Field Poll, "California Voter Views of the Health Care System (Part 1 of 2)," January 3, 2007.
The hidden tax constitutes 17 percent of health care premiums in california and equals $455 annually for a single person's premium and $1,186 for a family's premium. Medi-Cal underfunding contributes another 7 percent to the hidden tax.
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