to ecstatic applause from healthcare advocates, the california senate today breathed new life into national prospects for fundamental health reform by passing on a 22 to 14 vote a major bill to guarantee healthcare in the state through creating a medicare for all system that would cover every californian.
sb 810, the california universal healthcare act, authored by sen. mark leno and sponsored by the california nurses association/national nurses united (cna/nnu), with broad support among many healthcare, community, and labor groups, will now proceed to a vote by the assembly, which has passed similar legislation in the past. the bill would establish a single-payer system in california, modeled on the healthcare systems flourishing in virtually all other industrialized nations, where better patient outcomes are achieved at a fraction of the cost of the u.s. system. ...
... noting during the floor debate that, "consistently 59 per cent of california voters say yes" they want a medicare for all system in the state, sen. leno added that single-payer is not just a bill for a humane health system, but also a jobs program for a state that desperately needs one: "we can't compete in a global marketplace where all our competitors have had the government take the burden of healthcare off the shoulders of their employers....as we move towards single-payer in this state, and have better universal coverage, this will attract employers to california. we are already underwater in our healthcare system. we can't keep up."...
I have my doubts that this bill will be signed by the governator, but more letters and more prayer can't hurt to perhaps sway the man from vetoing this bill.
Once california has single payer, the country WILL follow.;-)
CaLLaCoDe, BSN, RN
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I have my doubts that this bill will be signed by the governator, but more letters and more prayer can't hurt to perhaps sway the man from vetoing this bill.
Once california has single payer, the country WILL follow.;-)