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Ideas & Opinions - Leah Schwinn: Hall has the experience and understanding
Heidi Hall for Supervisor: While it’s been wonderful getting so much rain, water resource management remains a high priority for our county. Heidi has the experience and understanding that comes from years of involvement at both the state and federal levels When I watch Heidi Hall in action, I hear someone who listens and whose responses show how well prepared she is on the issues. She is engaged in her community.
Leah Schwinn: Free July health clinic open to everyone
California CareForce is bringing a third clinic to Nevada County this coming July 15 through 17. We are very excited about having another opportunity to bring free medical, dental and vision services to our community. This year we will be at the Nevada Union High School campus on Ridge Road in Grass Valley. While the clinic is absolutely free to patients, it costs over $80,000 to put on, so the members of the host committee have had to learn to ask for donations.
Leah Schwinn: Single-payer better for small business
If Fran Freedle’s letter to the editor in Saturday’s Union frightened you about new taxes proposed to fund single-payer health care, please read this perspective on those numbers. How much are you paying in health insurance now? Consider premiums, co-pays and deductibles. That is a tax you are paying to a for-profit entity. As Fran Freedle acknowledged, those of you earning less than $149,509 per year would have no increased income tax. That’s most of us. We would save money and have more benefits.
Leah Schwinn: Time for single-payer healthcare is now
Leah Schwinn | Other Voices Gov. Gavin Newsom, it is evident how much you value the health of Californians, given your dedicated management of the health care crisis during the pandemic. Now we need your leadership to tackle the urgent need for single payer health care. We could have saved lives and money during this pandemic if we already had in place a single payer system similar to that in SB 562 or AB 1400. We know you are a strong supporter.
Practicing good body mechanics
By Dee Jepsen, Leah Schwinn, and Laura Akgerman Spring and summer are busy times for farmers, gardeners, and landscapers. On a smaller scale, home-owners can experience the same fatigue that comes with long hours of yard work. Paying attention to how you do the work can help alleviate some of the aches and pains. Good body mechanics are an essential part of decreasing your risk of injury and muscle fatigue and increasing your muscle stamina and productivity.
Fighting for a single payer health care system
On April 17, Tax Day, the members of the Nevada County Chapter of Health Care for All – CA participated in a statewide action in front of local post offices handed out information sheets citing key statistics regarding the Healthy California Act. According to economic analysis done by the Political Economy Research Institute in May of 2017, the people of California would save $37 billion each year by enacting Senate Bill 562.
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