Antioch City Counsel Passes Resolution in Support of Access to Health Care

I am pleased to report that the Antioch City Counsel on February 13th approved a resolution (see below) in support of Sutter Delta Medical Center's (SDMC) efforts to raise awareness around the care for the under insured in East County and the deleterious effects it will have on SDMC and East County residents if solutions can not be found soon. The City Counsel in response to my presentation to East County Mayor's in January has helped to raise the consciousness on this matter. We applaud them for taking this action. If you agree, please make a call or send your own email to the council or directly to the Board of Supervisors to encourage their continued efforts to address this community health problem. A list of City Counsel members and our local Supervisors including phone and email addresses is below.

Gary Rapaport

RESOLUTION NO. 2008/**

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANTIOCH

supporting Sutter Delta Medical Center and Urging

Contra Costa County to Enhance Medical Services

in East Contra Costa County

Whereas, Sutter Delta Medical Center is an integral part of the health care system in Antioch and all of East County; and

Whereas, Sutter Delta Medical Center Emergency Department had 53,000 visits in 2007; and

Whereas, Sutter Delta Medical Center Urgent Care (free) clinic had 6,280 visits in 2007; and

Whereas, in Contra Costa County 15% of the population is uninsured; and

Whereas, during 2007, Sutter Delta Medical Center provided over $9 million dollars in the cost of care to the uninsured; and

Whereas, the City of Antioch recognizes that the health of our community rests with the viability of our health care providers;

We the City Council of the City of Antioch do hereby resolve:

That Contra Costa County should strengthen its clinic system by adding urgent care services and after hour services or pay providers to fill in this gap in East Contra Costa County;

That Contra Costa County provides eligibility workers in East Contra Costa County Hospitals to enroll qualified patients in Basic Adult Care Services' as is provided in the County Hospital;

That Contra Costa County recognize the growth in East County and thereby distribute its available health care resources more proportionately to where its resident reside; and

That all hospitals within East Contra Costa County work together to share the cost of providing service to its uninsured residents.

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RESOLUTION NO. 2008/**

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Antioch at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 13th day of February 2008, by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

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L. JOLENE MARTIN, CITY CLERK

Mayor Donald P. Freitas

P.O. Box 5007
Antioch, CA 94531-5007

Tel (925) 778-1161

dpfreitas@comcast.net

Elected November 2004
Term expires November 2008

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Mayor Pro Tem James D. Davis

Tel (925) 757-2020
Fax (925) 939-4617

jd4antioch@aol.com

Elected November 2006
Term expires November 2010

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Council Member Brian Kalinowski

P.O. Box 5007
Antioch, CA 94531-5007

Tel (925) 777-1712

bkski1@comcast.net

Elected November 2004
Term expires November 2008

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Council Member Arne Simonsen

P.O. Box 5007
Antioch, CA 94531-5007

Tel (925) 779-0905

asimonsen4@comcast.net

Elected November 2004
Term expires November 2008

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Council Member Reginald L. Moore

P.O. Box 5007
Antioch, CA 94531-5007

Tel (925) 706-7040

reggiemoore35@msn.com

Elected November 2006
Term expires November 2010

Mary Piepho, Supervisor

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