This rally supports the health care reform bill SB840. It features entertainer Lily Tomlin, live music, celebrity hosts, victims of the health care crisis, and inspirational talks from California reform leaders.
A procession of ?hearses? driving from Santa Monica to LA City Hall will kick off the event. They represent the estimated 50 persons who die each day because they lack health insurance.
Scheduled speakers include State Senator Sheila Kuehl (author of SB 840), Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, Dolores Huerta, Maria Elena Durazo, Andrew McGuire of the OneCareNow campaign and leaders of the State Strategy Group for SB 840.
SB 840, reintroduced February 27 by Senator Kuehl, currently boasts some 44 co-authors and was passed by a 61% majority vote in the Senate on June 6. The Great LA Health Care Rally Steering Committee is co-chaired by Jim Hilfenhaus (Laborers? Local 300), Jose Morales (CSEA) and George Savage (HCA/OCN).
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