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Doctor, doctor, can't you see I'm burning, burning

Ravenwood - 06/02/05 06:45 AM

Californiastan is considering experimenting with socialized medicine. The government provided coverage would apparently supplant your private insurance.

The state Senate approved a bill Tuesday to create a universal health care system overseen by an elected commissioner, although many of the details have yet to be worked out.

Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, urged senators to send her measure to the Assembly so negotiations can continue, with no funding plan likely to be added until next year. Senators agreed on a 24-14 vote...

Kuehl's bill would replace private insurance plans as well as cover the currently uninsured.

Opponents estimate the plan will cost as much as $8 Billion a year. Five bucks says it's at least three times that amount.

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They're running in the red now for a decade, and they want to implement universal health care?

How did so many morons end up in California? Is it the water?

Posted by: Kevin Baker at June 2, 2005 10:05 AM

That is sure to stem the tide of illegals entering the US via CA's border, now isn't it?

Posted by: Steve Scudder at June 2, 2005 10:53 AM

Hope is on the horizon, Kevin. Yesterday I heard about a milblogger (currently serving in Iraq) who intends to run against Maxine Waters in November 2006.

See http://currierd.typepad.com/currie_for_congress/
and his milblog is
http://www.currierd.typepad.com/centurion/

Distant horizon, but on it's way.

Posted by: Lornkanaga at June 2, 2005 11:31 AM

Well, assuming there's 30million people (just a SWAG) in KA, at $8bil that works out to a per capita annual cost of $267. So, yeah, tripple it. *If* everybody paid their fair share a family of 4 would then owe $3200/year.

Considering that my employer pays over $9000 and I pay over $2000 each year (for our family of 3 at the moment) in health insurance premiums, that sure sounds like a heck of a bargain, so long as my employer would return 1/2 of their current share to me as added salary. Course that won't happen.

So, I call BS. It'd be more like $50billion.

Posted by: Andrew Upson at June 2, 2005 11:38 AM

This may be the kick in the pants I need to finally get off my butt and move to AZ.

Posted by: CAshane at June 2, 2005 2:10 PM