California bumps into reality
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The reality of actually paying for "universal health care"....
‘Woefully incomplete’ universal health bill dead for the year in California
“Even senators who voted for Senate Bill 562 noted there are potentially fatal flaws in the bill, including the fact it does not address many serious issues, such as financing, delivery of care, cost controls, or the realities of needed action by the Trump administration and voters to make SB 562 a genuine piece of legislation,” Rendon said.
Democratic Sens. Ricardo Lara and Toni Atkins, who introduced the proposal, acknowledged the bill was dead for the year. Lara and Atkins had described the bill as a work in progress when it passed the Senate earlier this month without a funding plan. A legislative analysis pegged the cost at $400 billion.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article1579...
Yea, coming up with $400 billion dollars (and it will obviously be much more, politicians always claim that they're pet projects will cost less then they end up costing) just might be a problem for an over taxed state with billions in unfunded state union obligations (taken a look at Illinois lately?).
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article...
Nice of then to admit that not addressing "serious issues" such as " financing, delivery of care, cost controls" just might be a "fatal flaws". You think?
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lucky Day
Much like the Trumpcare bill
Much like the Trumpcare bill the Senate's trying to cram down Americas throat.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock
California will continue to
California will continue to work on it until we achieve universal health care for all. We are not one of the cruel, reactionary, assbackwards states.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Billy Shears
You don't want to pay for
You don't want to pay for anyone else's healthcare with the interest you make off of your trust fund, do you, Thom?
That would be a bridge too far.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lucky Day
Yep, leading the nation.
Yep, leading the nation. Again.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
Thom, please explain why
Thom, please explain why health care shouldn't be a basic, human right.
Cost is not a valid answer, for we always find ways to fund human rights.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
It seems to me that the
It seems to me that the primary goal of bills like this, and the one that was thrown around in VT last year, is to start a lengthy discussion, not have a law. I'm fine with that.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sideshow Bob
Wow Thom zoning on his own
Wow Thom zoning on his own time - thought I'd seen everything . . .