Single Payer in California?
By Truthout –
The national debate over health care can be summed up in a bill being debated in Sacramento.
Supporters of Senate Bill 810 say the legislation would be the only way to provide medical coverage for every Californian.
Opponents deride the measure as socialized medicine.
The California Universal Healthcare Act was introduced by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco. The bill would initiate single-payer universal health care for the state of California, Leno said. “What that means in short is Medicare for all,” he said.
Supporter Keith Ensminger, a Merced resident and owner of Kramer Translations, said the largest benefit of the legislation probably would be that it would include everyone. “Everybody would have insurance, regardless of their income and regardless of their position in life,” he said. “One of the bigger benefits for us is that nobody in the Central Valley would be required to remain poor for Medi-Cal. They would still have their insurance paid.”