Socialist Health Care Advanced in California

The Sacramento Bee reports:

Setting the stage for fireworks, Democrats in each house of the Legislature passed separate bills Thursday to guarantee medical care for millions of uninsured Californians.

"We now have a target for people to shoot at," Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata said at a news conference shortly after passage of his Senate Bill 48 and of Assembly Bill 8.

Backers hailed the measures as critical to improving the quality of life for uninsured Californians ranging from low-wage workers to single parents to children who entered the state illegally.

"We're going to say, to all Californians, from this point forward, that health care is a right afforded to everyone in this state," Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez said.

Their "right" is a never ending hand in your wallet.