p*****n
发帖数: 97 | 1 这位同志是个验光师，刚推出一个议案要让验光师to perform vaccinations and
surgical and non-surgical primary care procedures。广大眼科医生反对也没有用
，也已经在参议院通过了，不知道现在进展如何。
此人篡改法律的劲头挺大的，把美国的法律当自己家门口的黑板了，随擦随写。
上网搜索这次加州的事件，实在是没有任何非中文的谋体报道，除了一个白人至上组织
的网站提了一句。又一个主流谋体选择性集体失语。可怜的亚洲人！看来要出点大事，
才能会有动静。
http://calwatchdog.com/2013/06/17/sen-hernandez-authors-bills-t
Sen. Hernandez authors bills to benefit his optometry business
June 17, 2013
By admin
Hernandez OptometryJune 17, 2013
By John Hrabe
When he isn’t in Sacramento, state Sen. Ed Hernandez is busy treating
patients at his five-star rated optometry practice, Hernandez Optometry, in
La Puente. The nearby picture is of him on the front page of his Web site.
For most people, it might be a challenge to balance two full-time jobs.
Hernandez, though, has found a novel way to solve the problem: he’s merged
his obligations as a state legislator with his profitable optometry
practice.
This session, the West Covina Democrat has introduced controversial
legislation that would greatly expand the scope of practice for several
medical professions, including optometrists. Senate Bill 492, which is
opposed by the California Medical Association and other physician groups,
would give your local eye doctor the power “to perform vaccinations and
surgical and non-surgical primary care procedures.”
Such a major expansion in the scope of practice would financially benefit
the state’s 9,000 optometrists, including Hernandez and his wife, Diane,
who also is an optometrist at Hernandez Optometry. In return, optometrists
throughout the state, who under normal circumstances might be his
competition, have supported Hernandez with gifts and more than $140,000 in
campaign contributions.
As WebMD makes clear, although doctors, optometrists are not physicians;
which is how they differ from opthalmologists, physicians who went to
medical school. So Hernandez’s bills effectively would allow optometrists
like himself to do many procedures currently allowed to be performed only
by
ophthalmologists.
Hernandez’s profitable optometry business
According to his most recent financial disclosure statement, Hernandez and
his wife each received more than $100,000 in gross income from their
optometry clinics. The businesses, listed with separate addresses on the
Form 700 disclosure statement, are valued between $100,000 and $1 million.
But Hernandez doesn’t believe it’s a conflict of interest to introduce
legislation that would benefit these family businesses.
“There is no conflict here, many Senators have careers other than politics
and that makes us a stronger and more thoughtful body,” Hernandez said in
an email to CalWatchdog.com. “I fully disclose all my income and political
contributions because I have nothing to hide.”
There’s no evidence that Hernandez has broken any of the state’s conflict
of interest laws, which do not forbid legislators from carrying bills or
voting on issues that would benefit themselves. Under state law, measures
that are general in nature and affect an entire industry are not considered
a conflict of interest. Campaign finance watchdogs say that, even though
the
practice is legal, it raises ethical concerns.
“California’s conflict of interest laws deems this activity 100 percent
legal, but the court of public opinion should find this 100 percent
reprehensible,” said Phillip Ung, a policy advocate with California Common
Cause. “It is this type of activity that leads voters to lose faith in
their Legislature.”
Hernandez has accepted $140k+ in optometrist contributions
Hernandez’s broad support for the entire optometry industry explains why
so
many of his competitors have donated to his political campaigns. In recent
years, Hernandez has accepted more than $140,000 in campaign contributions
from optometrists, optometry businesses and the California Optometric
Association. In 2009-10, Hernandez O.D. Democrat for Senate 2010 accepted $
81,799 from 78 campaign contributors that are directly associated with the
optometry field.
The committee to fund his 2014 reelection has already accepted another $23,
797 from 32 optometry-related campaign contributors. As recently as
February
8, the California Optometric PAC contributed $35,000 to a campaign
committee controlled by Hernandez. The committee was established “to
qualify a measure to create a special healthcare district in San Gabriel
Valley.”
According to Maplight, a nonprofit research organization that reveals money
’s influence on politics, Hernandez’s single largest contributor over the
last four years has been the American Optometric Association, which has
donated $33,700 to his campaign committees. “Health Professionals,” a
broad industry category that includes optometrists, contributed $129,793 to
Hernandez’s campaigns, more than any other industry or profession,
according to Maplight.
Optometrists’ generosity to Hernandez has also included a pair of gifts.
In
2012, Hernandez reported on his financial disclosure statement two dinners,
worth $131, from the California Optometric Association.
California Medical Association opposed to SB 492
Hernandez, who serves as the chair of the Senate Committee on Health,
introduced SB 492 as a part of a legislative package to address the looming
health care provider shortage brought about by the Affordable Care Act,
also
called Obamacare. The series of bills, Senate Bills 491, 492 and 493, would
expand the scope of practice for optometrists, pharmacists and nurse
practitioners.
“SB 492 is part of a package of bills that was drafted to ensure the people
of California have meaningful access to a qualified health care provider,”
Hernandez said in an email. “The bill is designed to help optometrists
better serve the needs of their patients; if anybody stands to benefit from
the provisions of this bill, it’s consumers.”
The California Medical Association, along with several other prominent
health care associations, are opposed to the bills that they say would
compromise patient safety.
“[Optometrists] do not have the training and experience necessary to
provide comprehensive primary care,” the California Medical Association
wrote in their opposition to the bill. “In addition, SB 492 would allow
optometrists to practice medicine without being subject to the Medical
Practice Act.”
For his part, Hernandez has made no secret of his financial connections to
the bill. A March 2013 press release about the legislative package
referenced that he is “an optometrist himself.”
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发帖数: 18403 | | L**P
发帖数: 3792 | 3 这是帮眼科医生（包括他自己）拓展业务
组织
事，
【在 p*****n 的大作中提到】
: 这位同志是个验光师，刚推出一个议案要让验光师to perform vaccinations and
: surgical and non-surgical primary care procedures。广大眼科医生反对也没有用
: ，也已经在参议院通过了，不知道现在进展如何。
: 此人篡改法律的劲头挺大的，把美国的法律当自己家门口的黑板了，随擦随写。
: 上网搜索这次加州的事件，实在是没有任何非中文的谋体报道，除了一个白人至上组织
: 的网站提了一句。又一个主流谋体选择性集体失语。可怜的亚洲人！看来要出点大事，
: 才能会有动静。
: http://calwatchdog.com/2013/06/17/sen-hernandez-authors-bills-t
: Sen. Hernandez authors bills to benefit his optometry business
: June 17, 2013
| p*****n
发帖数: 97 | | L**P
发帖数: 3792 | 5 ok，走眼了，帮验光师扩展业务
【在 p*****n 的大作中提到】
: 验光师不用上医学院，不是眼科医生。
| h****n
发帖数: 2250 | 6 不是眼科医生md，是验光师od! 眼科医生比验光师学的多多了，比较称职于手术。
验光师是检查视力和简单眼病的，现在他让验光师有权利做眼科手术！他自己是验光师
。他做这些是为了自己的业务收入，以及竞选资金。不得不怀疑，SCA5估计是为了自家
系统的弱娃可以上好大学吧。OMG，居然通过了。。。跳梁小丑一般的美国民主，以及
伪君子真小人的民主党。
【在 L**P 的大作中提到】
: 这是帮眼科医生（包括他自己）拓展业务
:
: 组织
: 事，
| h****n
发帖数: 2250 | 7 估计这丫自恨凭什么不让他这个西裔用族裔比例堂而皇之的读个md,可以挣的比现在多
多了。 | a**i
发帖数: 5846 | 8 为自己族裔，为自己行业，为自己谋利益。很正确啊。就该这么干。
我们华人政客要能这么做事，我脸都要笑烂了。
组织
事，
【在 p*****n 的大作中提到】
: 这位同志是个验光师，刚推出一个议案要让验光师to perform vaccinations and
: surgical and non-surgical primary care procedures。广大眼科医生反对也没有用
: ，也已经在参议院通过了，不知道现在进展如何。
: 此人篡改法律的劲头挺大的，把美国的法律当自己家门口的黑板了，随擦随写。
: 上网搜索这次加州的事件，实在是没有任何非中文的谋体报道，除了一个白人至上组织
: 的网站提了一句。又一个主流谋体选择性集体失语。可怜的亚洲人！看来要出点大事，
: 才能会有动静。
: http://calwatchdog.com/2013/06/17/sen-hernandez-authors-bills-t
: Sen. Hernandez authors bills to benefit his optometry business
: June 17, 2013
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