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Before the final House vote, The New York Times \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/health/policy/21reconstruct.html?pagewanted=all\">recounted her pivotal role\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Speaker Nancy Pelosi was at her wits’ end, and she let President Obama know it. Scott Brown, the upstart Republican, had just won his Senate race in Massachusetts, a victory that seemed to doom Mr. Obama’s dream of overhauling the nation’s health care system. The White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, once Ms. Pelosi’s right hand man on Capitol Hill, was pushing Mr. Obama to scale back his ambitions and pursue a pared-down bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Obama seemed open to the idea, though it was clearly not his first choice. Ms. Pelosi scoffed. “Kiddie care,” she called the scaled-down plan, derisively, in private.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a series of impassioned conversations, over the telephone and in the Oval Office, she conveyed her frustration to the president, according to four people familiar with the talks. If she and Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, were going to stick out their necks for Mr. Obama’s top legislative priority, Ms. Pelosi wanted assurances that the president would too. At the White House, aides to Mr. Obama say, he also wanted assurances; he needed to hear that the leaders could pass his far-reaching plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the majority,” Ms. Pelosi told the president. “We’ll never have a better majority in your presidency in numbers than we’ve got right now. We can make this work…”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That Mr. Obama has come this far — within a whisper of passing historic social legislation — is remarkable in itself. But the story of how he did it is not his alone. It is the story of how a struggling president partnered with a pair of experienced legislators — Ms. Pelosi and, to a lesser extent, Mr. Reid — to reach for a goal that Mr. Obama has often said had eluded his predecessors going back to Theodore Roosevelt. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/health/policy/21reconstruct.html?pagewanted=all\">Full article here\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But the feeling of ecstatic victory among Pelosi’s House Democrats after the bill finally became law turned to one of bitter defeat after her party was swept out of power in the 2010 election, costing her the speakership. A sense of foreboding about its prospects only deepened with \u003ca href=\"http://www.pollingreport.com/health.htm\">polls showing the public mostly opposed\u003c/a> to “Obamacare” even two years after its passage, perhaps in part because of \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/health/policy/health-care-law-loses-ad-war.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all\">intense negative advertising\u003c/a> by opposition groups. After what appeared to be \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/27/nation/la-na-court-healthcare-20120328\">skeptical questioning\u003c/a> during the oral arguments from a majority of justices — including Anthony Kennedy, widely expected to be the swing vote — the once-unthinkable become very much a possibility: that the law was going to be struck down, giving Republicans a huge victory on the eve of the presidential election. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, many may have thought Pelosi was whistling past the graveyard when she \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505267_162-57453813/pelosi-constitutionality-of-health-care-bill-ironclad/\">recently predicted the court, conservative majority and all, would uphold the law\u003c/a> 6-3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision was 5-4. She almost had it right. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"interview\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An edited transcript of Scott Shafer’s interview with Pelosi follows the audio. In it, Pelosi says the law will help people of an artistic bent to change jobs and careers, that she never doubted its constitutionality or Chief Justice John Roberts’ vote, and that she doesn’t care if Roberts calls the penalty for not buying insurance that the law imposes a “tax,” because whatever its name it will eliminate the “free riders” in the health care system who have a responsibility, she says, to obtain coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/pelosi.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Audio: Nancy Pelosi on today’s Supreme Court decision on health care\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/pelosi.mp3|titles=pelosi]\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SCOTT SHAFER\u003c/strong>: What are your thoughts about the impact of the decision, especially in California?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cem>Shafer\u003c/em>: They did say this is a tax, and that’s why it’s constitutional. \n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pelosi\u003c/em>: I don’t’ care. I mean I shouldn’t say it quite that way…I would say it’s goodbye to the free riders who now have a responsibility to have health insurance or pay a penalty. \u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>NANCY PELOSI\u003c/strong>: It’s a very California-oriented bill. It’s innovative, it’s about wellness, prevention, and the good health of our people in addition to good health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has been an intellectual resource and an inspirational resource in terms of the spirit of entrepreneurship that is supported by people having the freedom to change jobs, create a business, be self-employed, play music, write poetry, whereever their aspirations or talents take them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our state and in particular San Francisco is blessed with many creative people, and their creativity sometimes is constrained by their need to hold down another job just to keep health benefits rather than fully dig into their artistic and creative pursuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some small business owners I know, they have to have another job in order to get health insurance because they can’t afford to get it themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wasn’t surprised that it was upheld. I always said it was going to be 6-3. I gave one of the justices more credit than I think I should have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SCOTT SHAFER\u003c/strong>: If someone said the decision was going to be 5-4 and it’s written by Roberts, you’d think it was bad news…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>NANCY PELOSI\u003c/strong>: I always had confidence in Roberts in this respect. His decision is consistent in his writings on the extent of the court’s role, and he was true to his beliefs, his writings, and his statements on the subject. I always felt confident that if this were fair and square, if justice were to prevail, we had a very good shot. Not regarding what he thought of the policy but what he thought of its constitutionality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SCOTT SHAFER\u003c/strong>: They did say this is a tax, and that’s why it’s constitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>NANCY PELOSI\u003c/strong>: I don’t’ care. I mean I shouldn’t say it quite that way. 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And then they’re up the creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The point being you can call it whatever you want, but it is a penalty for free riders, who get health care without paying for insurance, increasing the cost to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SCOTT SHAFER\u003c/strong>: You and your party paid a huge price for this in 2010. Do you now see it as a plus going into 2012?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>NANCY PELOSI\u003c/strong>: Let me disagree with that. I think we lost the election because there’s 9.5 percent unemployment. I defy you to show me any circumstance except for maybe Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression where incumbents do well with 9.5 percent unemployment. It was hard to get any message through. We didn’t lose that election because people voted for health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SCOTT SHAFER\u003c/strong>: Here we have John Roberts, who was the subject of a bitter confirmation fight, bitterly opposed by most Democrats, including Senator Obama, upholding this law. Is there any lesson to be learned here about partisanship and the way Congress does its job for the American people?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>NANCY PELOSI\u003c/strong>: I don’t think this is about bipartisanship. I think this is about the Constitution of the United States. I think we also have a situation where Republicans do not believe in a public role, so they’re not going to be for anything. Not Medicare, health care, Medicaid, Social Security, clean air, clean water, food safety, public transportation, none of it. they have a very fringe element, an anti-government orthodoxy. 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Many of the changes called for in the law were already being demanded by employers trying to get better value for their private health insurance dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main driver here is financial,” said Dr. Toby Cosgrove, CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, which has pioneered some of the changes. “The factors driving health care reform are not new, and they are not going to go away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justice Ginsburg said the court should have upheld the entire law as written without forcing any changes in the Medicaid provision. She said Congress’ constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce supports the individual mandate. She warned that the legal reasoning, even though the law was upheld, could cause trouble in future cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So in the end, the Affordable Health Care Act survives largely unscathed. But the court’s commerce clause and spending clause jurisprudence has been set awry. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The justices rejected two of the administration’s three arguments in support of the insurance requirement. But the court said the mandate can be construed as a tax. “Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness,” Roberts said. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court found problems with the law’s expansion of Medicaid, but even there said the expansion could proceed as long as the federal government does not threaten to withhold states’ entire Medicaid allotment if they don’t take part in the law’s extension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court’s four liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, joined Roberts in the outcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy summarized the dissent in court. “In our view, the act before us is invalid in its entirety,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dissenters said in a joint statement that the law “exceeds federal power both in mandating the purchase of health insurance and in denying non-consenting states all Medicaid funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, the justices spelled out their views in six opinions totaling 187 pages. Roberts, Kennedy and Ginsburg spent 57 minutes summarizing their views in the packed courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation passed Congress in early 2010 after a monumental struggle in which all Republicans voted against it. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said Thursday the House will vote the week of July 9 on whether to repeal the law, though such efforts have virtually no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has joined in calls for complete repeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the ruling, Republican campaign strategists said Romney will use it to continue campaigning against “Obamacare” and attacking the president’s signature health care program as a tax increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obama might have his law, but the GOP has a cause,” said veteran campaign adviser Terry Holt. “This promises to galvanize Republican support around a repeal of what could well be called the largest tax increase in American history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats said Romney, who backed an individual health insurance mandate when he was Massachusetts governor, will have a hard time exploiting the ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mitt Romney is the intellectual godfather of Obamacare,” said Democratic consultant Jim Manley. “The bigger issue is the rising cost of health care, and this bill is designed to deal with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than eight in 10 Americans already have health insurance. But for most of the 50 million who are uninsured, the ruling offers the promise of guaranteed coverage at affordable prices. Lower-income and many middle-class families will be eligible for subsidies to help pay premiums starting in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also an added safety net for all Americans, insured and uninsured. Starting in 2014, insurance companies will not be able to deny coverage for medical treatment, nor can they charge more to people with health problems. Those protections, now standard in most big employer plans, will be available to all, including people who get laid off, or leave a corporate job to launch their own small business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seniors also benefit from the law through better Medicare coverage for those with high prescription costs, and no copayments for preventive care. But hospitals, nursing homes, and many other service providers may struggle once the Medicare cuts used to finance the law really start to bite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Illegal immigrants are not entitled to the new insurance coverage under the law, and will remain one of the biggest groups uninsured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obama’s law is by no means the last word on health care. Experts expect costs to keep rising, meaning that lawmakers will have to revisit the issue perhaps as early as next year, when federal budget woes will force them to confront painful options for Medicare and Medicaid, the giant federal programs that cover seniors, the disabled, and low-income people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The health care overhaul focus will now quickly shift from Washington to state capitals. Only 14 states, plus Washington, D.C., have adopted plans to set up the new health insurance markets called for under the law. Called exchanges, the new markets are supposed to be up and running on Jan. 1, 2014. People buying coverage individually, as well as small businesses, will be able to shop for private coverage from a range of competing insurers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Republican-led states, including large ones such as Texas and Florida, have been counting on the law to be overturned and have failed to do the considerable spade work needed to set up exchanges. There’s a real question about whether they can meet the deadline, and if they don’t, Washington will step in and run their exchanges for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to the states, health insurance companies, major employers, and big hospital systems are among the best prepared. 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"content": "\u003cp>Tomorrow when you wake up, it’s widely expected you will be living in a country in which the Affordable Care Act (“health care reform” if you’re a Democrat, “Obamacare” if you’re a Republican, and “The End of the American Way of Life As We Know It” if you’re a devotee of conservative talk radio) has either been sanctioned by the Supreme Court of the United States — or struck down by that body as unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">More resources…\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/\">Live coverage Thursday on KQED State of Health\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/21/4578080/imminent-court-ruling-could-undercut.html\">Imminent court ruling could undercut California’s health plans\u003c/a> (Sacramento Bee)\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/06/a-readers-guide-to-health-care-ruling/\">A reader’s guide to health care ruling\u003c/a> (SCOTUSblog)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/06/27/four-ways-the-supreme-court-could-split-the-difference-on-health-care/\">Four ways the Supreme Court could split the difference on health care\u003c/a> (Ezra Klein, Washington Post)\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/why-the-ruling-on-obamacare-may-not-matter/258882/#\">Why the Obamacare Ruling May Not Matter\u003c/a> (The Atlantic)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Or something in-between. It’s \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/06/25/demystifying-questions-around-the-supreme-courts-coming-health-care-decision/\">complicated\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Debate about the law, you may have observed, has become something much more than an argument over a specific policy. Opposition to the act among Republican politicians is virtually mandatory, and its fate has come to feel like a proxy for the success or failure of the entire Obama presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Furthermore, one might argue, opponents’ \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/video/house/235139-sen-barrasso-weighs-in-on-palins-renewed-death-panel-claim-\">extreme interpretations of the law’s provisions\u003c/a> are indicative of not just the gaping partisan divide, but an almost metaphysical chasm between two distinct sets of Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s more at stake than just politics. A substantial number of people are already receiving insurance or other benefits under the law that they otherwise would not be eligible for. So I checked in today with Mina Kim, who has been reporting on health care for KQED, to see just what’s at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Mina to break down the possibilities into two categories:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1) What happens if the entire law is struck down\u003cbr>\n2) What happens if only the individual mandate — the requirement that everybody buy health insurance — is nixed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong>What happens if the entire law is struck down\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through the federal health care law, Mina Kim reports, about 400,000 Californians currently receive health care under a low-income health insurance program. After the health care law was enacted, California received a Medicaid waiver from the federal government that has enabled counties to receive matching federal funds to expand coverage to low-income, childless adults. Currently, 47 of California’s 58 counties participate in this program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, when the full federal law is supposed to go into effect, these individuals would be transferred to a newly expanded Medicaid program that \u003ca href=\"http://www.medicaid.gov/AffordableCareAct/Provisions/Eligibility.html\">mandates people below 133 percent of the poverty level qualify for coverage\u003c/a> (another component challenged in the Supreme Court).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the entire law is struck down, or just the Medicaid expansion, there will be no federal funds to keep these 400,000 low-income Californians enrolled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is also using federal funds provided under the health care law to \u003ca href=\"http://www.pcip.ca.gov/Home/default.aspx\">insure more than 10,000 people with pre-existing conditions\u003c/a>. (The state already has a “\u003ca href=\"http://www.mrmib.ca.gov/mrmib/Facts_About_California_HR_Pool.pdf\">high-risk pool\u003c/a>” under which it insures about 7,000 people, but it’s expensive and there’s a waiting list.) These are people who can’t get insurance on the individual market because they are already sick to some degree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This program would be phased out in 2014 and replaced with an online health insurance exchange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some senior citizens who receive prescription drug benefits under Medicare would also be affected if the entire law is struck down. The law requires pharmaceutical companies to provide 50 percent discounts on brand-name drugs and 7 percent on generics when people are caught in the so-called “\u003ca href=\"http://www.pcip.ca.gov/Home/default.aspx\">doughnut hole\u003c/a>” — a gap in coverage. The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services says that Californians have saved $311 million dollars on prescription drugs under this provision since the law passed.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens if the just the individual mandate is struck down?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This will primarily affect the way the health exchange — on track for 2014 — is intended to operate, says Mina Kim. The individual mandate compels people to buy insurance — the healthy and the sick alike — and theoretically if the mandate doesn’t exist, healthy people will not participate, thus not offsetting the cost of insuring the sick and keeping premiums affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been estimated that 2.5 to 3 million people in California will buy insurance over the exchange. The UCLA Center For Health Policy Research predicts 900,000 fewer people purchasing a plan if they’re not forced to. Peter Lee, the Executive Director of the California Health Benefit Exchange, estimated the decrease will be more like 500,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any event, California intends on going forward with its exchange even if the mandate is struck down, because the income-based subsidies that individual purchasers of insurance qualify for will remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Peter Lee, who used to work on health policy in the Obama administration, said that the striking down of the individual mandate will absolutely not inhibit the ability of the exchange to go forward,” Mina Kim says. “Lee says he’s not even doing any contingency planning for the decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if the entire law is struck down — meaning no subsidies for people to buy insurance on the exchange?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lee thinks for the justices to strike down all the parts of the health care law would be such an incredible overreach of judicial power, that it’s not even worth considering. That’s how he feels about it. California has already even contracted with an IT vendor to create an online portal for the exchange. 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Currently, 47 of California’s 58 counties participate in this program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, when the full federal law is supposed to go into effect, these individuals would be transferred to a newly expanded Medicaid program that \u003ca href=\"http://www.medicaid.gov/AffordableCareAct/Provisions/Eligibility.html\">mandates people below 133 percent of the poverty level qualify for coverage\u003c/a> (another component challenged in the Supreme Court).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the entire law is struck down, or just the Medicaid expansion, there will be no federal funds to keep these 400,000 low-income Californians enrolled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is also using federal funds provided under the health care law to \u003ca href=\"http://www.pcip.ca.gov/Home/default.aspx\">insure more than 10,000 people with pre-existing conditions\u003c/a>. (The state already has a “\u003ca href=\"http://www.mrmib.ca.gov/mrmib/Facts_About_California_HR_Pool.pdf\">high-risk pool\u003c/a>” under which it insures about 7,000 people, but it’s expensive and there’s a waiting list.) These are people who can’t get insurance on the individual market because they are already sick to some degree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This program would be phased out in 2014 and replaced with an online health insurance exchange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some senior citizens who receive prescription drug benefits under Medicare would also be affected if the entire law is struck down. The law requires pharmaceutical companies to provide 50 percent discounts on brand-name drugs and 7 percent on generics when people are caught in the so-called “\u003ca href=\"http://www.pcip.ca.gov/Home/default.aspx\">doughnut hole\u003c/a>” — a gap in coverage. The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services says that Californians have saved $311 million dollars on prescription drugs under this provision since the law passed.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens if the just the individual mandate is struck down?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This will primarily affect the way the health exchange — on track for 2014 — is intended to operate, says Mina Kim. The individual mandate compels people to buy insurance — the healthy and the sick alike — and theoretically if the mandate doesn’t exist, healthy people will not participate, thus not offsetting the cost of insuring the sick and keeping premiums affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been estimated that 2.5 to 3 million people in California will buy insurance over the exchange. The UCLA Center For Health Policy Research predicts 900,000 fewer people purchasing a plan if they’re not forced to. Peter Lee, the Executive Director of the California Health Benefit Exchange, estimated the decrease will be more like 500,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any event, California intends on going forward with its exchange even if the mandate is struck down, because the income-based subsidies that individual purchasers of insurance qualify for will remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Peter Lee, who used to work on health policy in the Obama administration, said that the striking down of the individual mandate will absolutely not inhibit the ability of the exchange to go forward,” Mina Kim says. “Lee says he’s not even doing any contingency planning for the decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if the entire law is struck down — meaning no subsidies for people to buy insurance on the exchange?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lee thinks for the justices to strike down all the parts of the health care law would be such an incredible overreach of judicial power, that it’s not even worth considering. That’s how he feels about it. California has already even contracted with an IT vendor to create an online portal for the exchange. But he’s willing to concede the mandate may be struck down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, state lawmakers could try to legislate around a decision striking down the mandate, creating something akin to it that would still meet constitutional muster. “There has been support for that in the past,” says Mina Kim. “There are lawmakers considering laws to that effect should the court strike the mandate down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What will stay no matter what the court rules? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The CDC will soon pick 17 more locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The HIV test is a swab inside the mouth; it takes about 20 minutes for a preliminary result. The test maker says it’s correct 99 percent of the time. If the test is positive for the AIDS virus, pharmacy employees will refer customers to a local health department or other health care providers for a lab blood test to confirm the results, counseling and treatment. The workers are expected to deliver the news face-to-face and give customers privacy, the CDC said. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated 1.1 million Americans are infected with HIV, but as many as 20 percent of them don’t know they carry the virus, according to the CDC. It can take a decade or more for an infection to cause symptoms and illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2006, the CDC has recommended that all Americans ages 13 to 64 get tested at least once, not just those considered at highest risk: gay men and intravenous drug users. But fewer than half of adults younger than 65 have been tested, according to the agency’s most recent statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to know about infection not only for treating the condition but also to take steps to prevent spreading it to others. An HIV diagnosis used to be a death sentence, but medications now allow those infected to live longer and healthier lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On special occasions, health organizations have sent workers to some drugstores to offer HIV testing. This week, Walgreens — the nation’s largest chain of pharmacies — is teaming with health departments and AIDS groups to offer free tests in 20 cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in that program, health professionals conduct the tests and deliver the news. The CDC program aims to train pharmacy staff to test and deliver the results themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m excited. It’s such a new and novel thing for us,” said Sarah Freedman, who manages a Walgreens in Washington, D.C., that is participating in the pilot program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At her pharmacy, prominent signs advertise the test, which is then done in a private room. The pharmacy has also taken steps to let a customer discreetly request the test, putting out stacks of special test request cards — they look like business cards — at George Washington University and nearby businesses. Anyone seeking a test can simply hand the card to the clerk, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only three or four customers have gone through with a test in the first few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We get a lot of questions,” she said. “Usually they get the information and they go and sit on it and think about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drugstores are expected to keep the test confidential. Pharmacy workers are to refer customers with positive tests to counseling and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the project ends next summer, CDC officials will analyze what worked well and what didn’t, said Paul Weidle, the epidemiologist who is heading up the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program carries both promise and potential pitfalls, said Julie Davids, a longtime advocate who now works for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More testing is a plus, she said. And even if they don’t get a free test, signs in the drugstores may prompt people to get tested at a doctor’s office or clinic where they feel more comfortable, said Davids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Davids said pharmacies more used to handling cholesterol screenings might have difficulty responding to patients who learn in a drugstore they’re HIV-positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A person may freeze up and fall apart later,” or get emotional on the spot and even talk about suicide, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Freedman’s store, a second Walgreens in Washington is offering the test, as well as branches in Chicago and Lithonia, Ga. The other sites are East Pines Pharmacy in Riverdale, Md., Mike’s Pharmacy in Oakland, Calif. and a federal Indian Health Service location in Billings, Mont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each location will get enough tests to check 200 to 300 people. Made by OraSure Technologies Inc., the $17.50 test is the only government-approved rapid HIV test that uses saliva. 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Fire safety authorities say there are ways to regulate the weave of fabrics and construction of products to reduce fire risk while limiting chemical use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newfound resolve to limit the chemicals will \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/97475785/tb-117-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mark a reversal\u003c/a> for several state agencies. State consumer product and environmental agencies have opposed several of state Sen. Mark Leno’s, D-San Francisco,\u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/advocates-continue-battle-against-flame-retardant-chemicals-16355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efforts to limit\u003c/a> flame-retardant chemicals in couches in 2007 through 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/97475785/tb-117-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legislative review documents\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/97475785/tb-117-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show that\u003c/a> in 2007, both the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment opposed proposed bills that would have limited chemical use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008 and 2009, the Department of Consumer Affairs \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/97475785/tb-117-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed two\u003c/a> bills that would have changed the state’s fire safety standard or called for removal of flame retardants from juvenile products, such as strollers and nursing pillows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/money-to-burn/Content?oid=3042155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News reports and\u003c/a> lobbying records show that the chemical industry spent tens of millions of dollars fighting such proposed bills and have lobbied the Department of Consumer Affairs and environmental agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American Chemistry Council, which represents makers of flame retardants, has said that the chemicals are safe as used and they play a key role in reducing fires in homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russ Heimerich, a spokesman for the Department of Consumer Affairs, said officials are now committed to revising Technical Bulletin 117, the provision of law that leads to the heavy use of chemicals in furniture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been looking at TB 117 for a while, so now that we have direction from the governor, we’re in a position to execute that direction quickly,” Heimerich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the agency is planning to meet with environmental and industry leaders in coming weeks and aims to draft a new regulation by late August. He said they can take up to a year to take effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Jannsen, senior scientist for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nrdc.org/\">Natural Resources Defense Council\u003c/a>, applauded the governor’s announcement. She said a mounting body of research has shown high levels of flame-fighting chemicals in Californians’ blood and linked them to reproductive and learning challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately the signal is that we’ll be able to have couches that meet modern manufacturing and flammability standards without contaminating our homes and our bodies with toxic chemicals,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jannsen said a couch she bought in 2007 was infused with chlorinated Tris, a chemical that last year was\u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/flame-retardant-added-states-list-cancer-causing-chemicals-13065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added to the state’s\u003c/a> list of cancer-causing substances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Tris was outlawed, PBDEs, chemicals that have been linked to lower IQs in children, were banned from couches by 2003 state legislation. “We’ve replaced one bad chemical with another, again and again and again,” Jannsen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrew McGuire, policy director of Green Science Policy Institute, said Brown’s announcement is a major victory in what’s been a lengthy battle for environmentalists. He said the next phase of work needs to examine getting the chemicals, which have been found in the bodies of whales near Alaska, out of the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said couches are dumped in landfills, and rain carries the flame-retardant chemicals into groundwater and the ocean. “I think generations are going to deal with this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers will begin a discussion of the chemicals during an informational \u003ca href=\"http://aesm.assembly.ca.gov/hearings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hearing\u003c/a> June 26 called by Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, chairman of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: KQED’s Amy Standen has \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/06/18/98102/governor_orders_change_in_state_policy_on_flame_retardants_in?category=bay+area\">reported\u003c/a> on this issue as well.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s order calls on the state’s consumer safety bureau to reduce chemicals used to ensure product safety. Fire safety authorities say there are ways to regulate the weave of fabrics and construction of products to reduce fire risk while limiting chemical use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newfound resolve to limit the chemicals will \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/97475785/tb-117-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mark a reversal\u003c/a> for several state agencies. State consumer product and environmental agencies have opposed several of state Sen. Mark Leno’s, D-San Francisco,\u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/advocates-continue-battle-against-flame-retardant-chemicals-16355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efforts to limit\u003c/a> flame-retardant chemicals in couches in 2007 through 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/97475785/tb-117-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legislative review documents\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/97475785/tb-117-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show that\u003c/a> in 2007, both the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment opposed proposed bills that would have limited chemical use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008 and 2009, the Department of Consumer Affairs \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/97475785/tb-117-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed two\u003c/a> bills that would have changed the state’s fire safety standard or called for removal of flame retardants from juvenile products, such as strollers and nursing pillows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/money-to-burn/Content?oid=3042155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News reports and\u003c/a> lobbying records show that the chemical industry spent tens of millions of dollars fighting such proposed bills and have lobbied the Department of Consumer Affairs and environmental agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American Chemistry Council, which represents makers of flame retardants, has said that the chemicals are safe as used and they play a key role in reducing fires in homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russ Heimerich, a spokesman for the Department of Consumer Affairs, said officials are now committed to revising Technical Bulletin 117, the provision of law that leads to the heavy use of chemicals in furniture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been looking at TB 117 for a while, so now that we have direction from the governor, we’re in a position to execute that direction quickly,” Heimerich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the agency is planning to meet with environmental and industry leaders in coming weeks and aims to draft a new regulation by late August. 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She said a mounting body of research has shown high levels of flame-fighting chemicals in Californians’ blood and linked them to reproductive and learning challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately the signal is that we’ll be able to have couches that meet modern manufacturing and flammability standards without contaminating our homes and our bodies with toxic chemicals,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jannsen said a couch she bought in 2007 was infused with chlorinated Tris, a chemical that last year was\u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/flame-retardant-added-states-list-cancer-causing-chemicals-13065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added to the state’s\u003c/a> list of cancer-causing substances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Tris was outlawed, PBDEs, chemicals that have been linked to lower IQs in children, were banned from couches by 2003 state legislation. “We’ve replaced one bad chemical with another, again and again and again,” Jannsen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrew McGuire, policy director of Green Science Policy Institute, said Brown’s announcement is a major victory in what’s been a lengthy battle for environmentalists. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>by William Harless, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/taxes/story/beverage-lobbyist-funds-community-soda/\">The Bay Citizen\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/05/BayCitizenLogo1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/05/BayCitizenLogo1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"BayCitizenLogo\" width=\"218\" height=\"74\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-66899\">\u003c/a>RICHMOND – A powerful Washington, D.C., trade organization that represents PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and other major beverage companies is helping fund a Richmond group that is fighting a November ballot measure to raise taxes on soda and other sweetened beverages, interviews and records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Richmond resident, Rosa Lara, is going door to door identifying herself as an organizer with the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes and collecting signatures on a petition. Although Lara doesn’t mention it unless specifically asked, her group is supported by the American Beverage Association, the industry’s main trade organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, Lara presented the Richmond City Council with a petition that she said included 900 signatures against the sweetened-beverage tax. Holding up a pile of papers, she also told the council that 100 businesses had signed up to oppose the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We only have one grocery store. What’s going to happen to us? We’re going to have to walk,” Lara told the council. “We don’t have the resources to go out of the city. I’ve lived here my whole life – I haven’t seen changes. We need to make a change for the community. This isn’t the way.” \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara, who also presented her case to the council in Spanish, said she represented the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes, but did not note the beverage association was helping fund her petition drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_67888\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/fimoculous/114450483/sizes/m/in/photostream/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/soda-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"soda\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67888\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rex Sorgatz/Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city council subsequently voted to place the soda tax on the November ballot. The measure would raise an estimated $2 million to $8 million, which advocates want to fund obesity programs, school fruit and vegetable gardens, and playing fields. The tax would apply to soft drinks and other beverages with added sugar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Lara said she does not mention the American Beverage Association funding when she is collecting signatures. But if asked, Lara said she will acknowledge that she’s a paid community organizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I tell them is I live in the community,” she said. “I’ve lived here my whole life. I tell them I’m with the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes, and I’m a community organizer. Most of the people that I talk to … know me already, they know what I do, so I really don’t have to explain who I am.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a brief statement, Karen Hanretty, vice president of public affairs for the American Beverage Association, said: “ABA is and will continue supporting the growing community coalition that includes Teamsters and approximately 145 businesses against the proposed beverage tax in Richmond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives with public relations firm Goddard Gunster, which represents the American Beverage Association, did not return calls for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chuck Finnie, a vice president of the San Francisco public relations firm Barnes Mosher Whitehurst Lauter & Partners, confirmed in an interview that his firm is working for the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes and rented the office across from the Richmond city hall on behalf of the coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are stakeholders nationwide who care about what happens in Richmond,” including soft drink makers, bottlers, distributors, retailers and local union workers, Finnie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barnes Mosher partner Sam Lauter is registered as an American Beverage Association lobbyist in San Francisco. Finnie declined to say which organization initially retained the firm but said public campaign finance disclosures due this month will indicate who is funding the coalition and where its money is going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Richmond City Council meeting, Lara also did not mention her association with the beverage lobbying group, though the petition listed it as a funder and member of the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes. Last week, the coalition filed documents with the Richmond city clerk indicating it is sponsored by the American Beverage Association, though as of Monday, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.norichmondbeveragetax.com/news/\">coalition’s website\u003c/a> did not mention the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The website’s domain is registered under Goddard Claussen Public Affairs in Washington. The beverage association hired the same public relations company, now known as Goddard Gunster, when former New York Gov. David Paterson proposed a similar tax in that state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A page on the Goddard Gunster website says the company has worked on behalf of the food and beverage industries against fat and soda taxes since 2009. “Today as the food and beverage tax battles wage on state-by-state, you will find us right there every step of the way,” the website reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Finnie, rallying the community “is how elections are won and lost in Richmond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re won and lost by organizing voters, bringing the debate to the local level, to the street, and talking with people one on one,” he said. “And we will have built a coalition of thousands of voters before this is over to oppose the tax.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The office rented by Barnes Mosher previously served as campaign headquarters for Richmond City Council Member Corky Boozé, an outspoken soda-tax opponent. Boozé has appeared on Fox News and PBS and was \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/us/richmond-calif-seeks-to-tax-sweetened-beverages.html\">quoted in The New York Times\u003c/a> this month speaking against the tax. The office was vacant when Lara approached Boozé to ask who its landlord was, according to Boozé.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The councilman said he was unaware that either the American Beverage Association or Barnes Mosher had any involvement in the anti-tax effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Ritterman, the cardiologist-turned-council member spearheading the fight for the sweetened-beverage tax, said he, too, was unaware that the American Beverage Association had entered the local fray, but he said he is not surprised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it says that there’s intense interest from people outside of Richmond, primarily the beverage industry, to defeat the measure and that they’re willing to commit significant resources to do that,” said Ritterman, who hopes the tax will encourage children to reduce their consumption of sugary drinks and cut rates of obesity, diabetes and other illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Richmond, 52 percent of schoolchildren are overweight or obese, according to Contra Costa County Health Services statistics. Among adults, 58 percent of the population is obese or overweight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritterman has started his own group, Richmond Fit for Life, to fundraise for the pro-tax effort. Juan Reardon, an activist working with Ritterman, said that as of Monday, the group had raised about $6,000. Reardon said the group does not have any institutional support but would welcome it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the American Beverage Association, Ritterman said: “I think the sad thing is that they recruit local people who work with them when in fact the end result of what they’re doing hurts our children and hurts our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes disagrees. On a petition to gather supporters, the group told Richmond business owners: “Some politicians say the money will solve the city’s obesity problem, but there is no guarantee the money will actually be spent on children’s health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their ‘promise’ is a bait-and-switch tax to get voters to approve their tax hike,” the petition said. “The city council should pay attention to real problems like unemployment, violent crimes, and gangs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by The Bay Citizen, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting. Learn more at www.baycitizen.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>by William Harless, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/taxes/story/beverage-lobbyist-funds-community-soda/\">The Bay Citizen\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/05/BayCitizenLogo1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/05/BayCitizenLogo1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"BayCitizenLogo\" width=\"218\" height=\"74\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-66899\">\u003c/a>RICHMOND – A powerful Washington, D.C., trade organization that represents PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and other major beverage companies is helping fund a Richmond group that is fighting a November ballot measure to raise taxes on soda and other sweetened beverages, interviews and records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Richmond resident, Rosa Lara, is going door to door identifying herself as an organizer with the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes and collecting signatures on a petition. Although Lara doesn’t mention it unless specifically asked, her group is supported by the American Beverage Association, the industry’s main trade organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, Lara presented the Richmond City Council with a petition that she said included 900 signatures against the sweetened-beverage tax. Holding up a pile of papers, she also told the council that 100 businesses had signed up to oppose the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We only have one grocery store. What’s going to happen to us? We’re going to have to walk,” Lara told the council. “We don’t have the resources to go out of the city. I’ve lived here my whole life – I haven’t seen changes. We need to make a change for the community. This isn’t the way.” \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara, who also presented her case to the council in Spanish, said she represented the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes, but did not note the beverage association was helping fund her petition drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_67888\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/fimoculous/114450483/sizes/m/in/photostream/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/soda-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"soda\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67888\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rex Sorgatz/Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city council subsequently voted to place the soda tax on the November ballot. The measure would raise an estimated $2 million to $8 million, which advocates want to fund obesity programs, school fruit and vegetable gardens, and playing fields. The tax would apply to soft drinks and other beverages with added sugar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Lara said she does not mention the American Beverage Association funding when she is collecting signatures. But if asked, Lara said she will acknowledge that she’s a paid community organizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I tell them is I live in the community,” she said. “I’ve lived here my whole life. I tell them I’m with the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes, and I’m a community organizer. Most of the people that I talk to … know me already, they know what I do, so I really don’t have to explain who I am.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a brief statement, Karen Hanretty, vice president of public affairs for the American Beverage Association, said: “ABA is and will continue supporting the growing community coalition that includes Teamsters and approximately 145 businesses against the proposed beverage tax in Richmond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives with public relations firm Goddard Gunster, which represents the American Beverage Association, did not return calls for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chuck Finnie, a vice president of the San Francisco public relations firm Barnes Mosher Whitehurst Lauter & Partners, confirmed in an interview that his firm is working for the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes and rented the office across from the Richmond city hall on behalf of the coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are stakeholders nationwide who care about what happens in Richmond,” including soft drink makers, bottlers, distributors, retailers and local union workers, Finnie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barnes Mosher partner Sam Lauter is registered as an American Beverage Association lobbyist in San Francisco. Finnie declined to say which organization initially retained the firm but said public campaign finance disclosures due this month will indicate who is funding the coalition and where its money is going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Richmond City Council meeting, Lara also did not mention her association with the beverage lobbying group, though the petition listed it as a funder and member of the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes. Last week, the coalition filed documents with the Richmond city clerk indicating it is sponsored by the American Beverage Association, though as of Monday, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.norichmondbeveragetax.com/news/\">coalition’s website\u003c/a> did not mention the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The website’s domain is registered under Goddard Claussen Public Affairs in Washington. The beverage association hired the same public relations company, now known as Goddard Gunster, when former New York Gov. David Paterson proposed a similar tax in that state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A page on the Goddard Gunster website says the company has worked on behalf of the food and beverage industries against fat and soda taxes since 2009. “Today as the food and beverage tax battles wage on state-by-state, you will find us right there every step of the way,” the website reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Finnie, rallying the community “is how elections are won and lost in Richmond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re won and lost by organizing voters, bringing the debate to the local level, to the street, and talking with people one on one,” he said. “And we will have built a coalition of thousands of voters before this is over to oppose the tax.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The office rented by Barnes Mosher previously served as campaign headquarters for Richmond City Council Member Corky Boozé, an outspoken soda-tax opponent. Boozé has appeared on Fox News and PBS and was \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/us/richmond-calif-seeks-to-tax-sweetened-beverages.html\">quoted in The New York Times\u003c/a> this month speaking against the tax. The office was vacant when Lara approached Boozé to ask who its landlord was, according to Boozé.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The councilman said he was unaware that either the American Beverage Association or Barnes Mosher had any involvement in the anti-tax effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Ritterman, the cardiologist-turned-council member spearheading the fight for the sweetened-beverage tax, said he, too, was unaware that the American Beverage Association had entered the local fray, but he said he is not surprised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it says that there’s intense interest from people outside of Richmond, primarily the beverage industry, to defeat the measure and that they’re willing to commit significant resources to do that,” said Ritterman, who hopes the tax will encourage children to reduce their consumption of sugary drinks and cut rates of obesity, diabetes and other illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Richmond, 52 percent of schoolchildren are overweight or obese, according to Contra Costa County Health Services statistics. Among adults, 58 percent of the population is obese or overweight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritterman has started his own group, Richmond Fit for Life, to fundraise for the pro-tax effort. Juan Reardon, an activist working with Ritterman, said that as of Monday, the group had raised about $6,000. Reardon said the group does not have any institutional support but would welcome it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the American Beverage Association, Ritterman said: “I think the sad thing is that they recruit local people who work with them when in fact the end result of what they’re doing hurts our children and hurts our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes disagrees. On a petition to gather supporters, the group told Richmond business owners: “Some politicians say the money will solve the city’s obesity problem, but there is no guarantee the money will actually be spent on children’s health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their ‘promise’ is a bait-and-switch tax to get voters to approve their tax hike,” the petition said. “The city council should pay attention to real problems like unemployment, violent crimes, and gangs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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