And Youth Movement of justice organizing, in 2011, we participated in collecting over 800 surveys of Community Members who told us what their health needs are and what were barriers to accessing the services they need. We presented these survey findings and our recommendations to the planning and Health Committee and last week at the presentation for the draft report of the Health Care Master plan. So, our survey show that one in five residents rely on healthy San Francisco for health care. One of the recommendation ins the Health Care Services master plan is about preserving healthy San Francisco, were here today to talk about why healthy San Francisco and the Health Care Security ordinance is still really important even with obama care, so locally under the Health Care Security ordinance, the minimum workers is 20 but if the ordinance was replaced by the Affordable Care act, the minimum would be raised to 50. This is important because lez people would be covered or get health care an
Programs like ours, i too rely on healthy San Francisco for Preventative Care and prescriptions as i do not have Health Insurance because i cannot afford Health Insurance, i dont qualify for Health Insurance because i am considered to be at risk, i am a Breast Cancer survivor, when the Affordable Care act is fully implemented, that doesnt mean that folks of me like the [inaudible] it is very lieb likely that we wont be able to afford to buy insurance through the marketplace. My husband has not worked steadily since the 20092010 financial crash. For us, healthy San Francisco has been a got sent and again, i am not quite sure that well be able to afford Health Insurance without feeling some sort of financial burden. My biggest concern however is for those folks who are not eligible at all for Health Insurance because of their immigration statsz, this is inhumane, another reason why we must keep healthy San Francisco in place. I wanted to make sure that you did know that i am here today n
Share the profits by helping the workers get health care. The Health Care Security ordinance would secure that more workers would get health care and health care is the human right and everyone should have the right to Access Health care regardless of their income. Thank you. Thank you. Im going to call a few more names. calling speaker names . Next speaker. Hi, supervisors, my name is judy and im a resident of the easier neighborhood and im part of the chinese progressive association, i parent panted in klektsing surveys and presenting our recommendations to the Health Care Services Master Plan Task force. As was said earlier, a lot of companies are cutting their employees hours because they dont want to pay for health care, thats not fair and i dont want that to happen in San Francisco, our local law limits employers to do this because they have to put aside for their Workers Health care based on each hour the employer has worked and my family cant afford private insurance, this is a
So, its really important to protect these local laws so families can still work hard and be able to afford health care. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker. Hi, good afternoon, supervisors, my name is Stephanie Chan and im with the Chinese Progressive Association and Youth Movement of justice organizing, in 2011, we participated in collecting over 800 surveys of Community Members who told us what their health needs are and what were barriers to accessing the services they need. We presented these survey findings and our recommendations to the planning and Health Committee and last week at the presentation for the draft report of the Health Care Master plan. So, our survey show that one in five residents rely on healthy San Francisco for health care. One of the recommendation ins the Health Care Services master plan is about preserving healthy San Francisco, were here today to talk about why healthy San Francisco and the Health Care Security ordinance is still really important
Next speaker. Hi, supervisors, my name is judy and im a resident of the easier neighborhood and im part of the chinese progressive association, i parent panted in klektsing surveys and presenting our recommendations to the Health Care Services Master Plan Task force. As was said earlier, a lot of companies are cutting their employees hours because they dont want to pay for health care, thats not fair and i dont want that to happen in San Francisco, our local law limits employers to do this because they have to put aside for their Workers Health care based on each hour the employer has worked and my family cant afford private insurance, this is a lot of the case of other Health Care Workers in San Francisco who work in restaurants or retail, they need Health Care Security ordinance so everybody can have access to Affordable Quality Health care. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors, my name is wayne lee, ive been a resident of San Fr