Six years after launching her effort, state Sen. Sheila Kuehl made a final pitch Wednesday to a legislative committee for a government-run universal health care system.We wonder if Senator Kuehl is being honest on how much the new government workers are going to cost to run a California socialist health care system?
Senate Bill 840 would establish a single-payer system in which the state would assume the role that private insurance companies now play.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a earlier version of the legislation in 2006, calling it "socialized medicine," and has vowed to do so again.
That did not stop Kuehl, now in her last year as legislator because of term limits, or the Democrats who control the Assembly Appropriations Committee from praising a single-payer system during the overflow hearing.
"This plan would cover every California resident with comprehensive, affordable health benefits," Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, told the committee. "Once put into place, it would seriously contain the growth in health care spending and improve the quality of care that's provided."
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Sen. Kuehl tries again for universal health care system in California
The Sacramento Bee reports:
