HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 94-115RESOLUTION NO. 94 -IID
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A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION 186
(HEALTH CARE REFORM)
WHEREAS, Proposition 186 amounts to a state government takeover
of the entire health care system in California, including programs
administered at the local level; and
WHEREAS, the $40 to $50 billion additional tax revenues required
to operate this new system will double the tax revenues of the State of
California; and
WHEREAS, projected deficits of from $14.5 to $27.5 billion in the
new system will require additional taxes or rationing of medical
services to close the deficit, and
WHEREAS, local governments lose control over health programs for
their own employees and retirees; and
WHEREAS, local governments will be required to pay a payroll tax
of 8.9 percent of payroll to the state fund, thus rendering local
government little more than a collector of health care funds with no
control over how the money is spent; and
WHEREAS, the rich package of benefits in Proposition 186 will
likely attract non-residents to California seeking health care, thereby
imposing ancillary costs on local governments; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 186 may undermine the sole remedy concept of
workers' compensation by allowing injured workers to sue collateral
sources, leading to a litigation explosion, and weaken the workers'
compensation reforms enacted in 1993; and
• WHEREAS, the vast shift of power to a single elected Health Czar
in Sacramento embodied in Proposition 186 will undermine the health
care delivery system and diminish the ability of cities and counties to
provide for health needs of their constituents at the local level;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Lodi opposes
Proposition 186 and urges Californians to vote against this measure on
the November 8, 1994 ballot.
Dated: October 5, 1994
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 94-115 was passed and
adopted by the Lodi City Council in a regular meeting held October 5,
1994 by the following vote:
Ayes: Council Members - Mann, Pennino, Snider and
Sieglock (Mayor)
Noes: Council Members - Davenport
Absent: Council Members - None
4e:er M. PerriClerk
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