Health care forum

Shannon Miller, chair of Care for All - California, left, answers an audience question at forum on health care at the Nevada City Theater Tuesday evening. Alongside her (left to right) are Jeff Kane, a physician; couple Terry Sterrenberg and Laurie Simons, an American and Canadian respectively, who made the documentary "The Health Care Movie" that was screen prior to discussion; and host/moderator Roger Hicks, a physician, medical director and co-owner of Yubadocs Urgent Care in Grass Valley.

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Shannon Miller, chair of Care for All - California, left, answers an audience question at forum on health care at the Nevada City Theater Tuesday evening. Alongside her is Jeff Kane, a physician, and Terry Sterrenberg, far right, who made the documentary "The Health Care Movie" that was screen prior to discussion.

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Over two years after Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and four months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the guts of it constitutional, health care remains a hot topic on the campaign trail to next week’s election, as Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney has vowed to issue Obamacare waivers to every state on his first day in office, if elected. On Tuesday evening, more than 100 people packed the Nevada City Theatre for a film and discussion comparing the United States’ health care system to Canada’s single-payer model. The film, “The Health Care Movie,” chronicles how the Canadian …