California Senate Passes Medicare for All Legislation

California Senate Passes Medicare for All Legislation
New Energy for Healthcare Reform After National Bills Stall

by California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

SACRAMENTO - To ecstatic applause from healthcare advocates, the California Senate today breathed new life into national prospects for fundamental health reform by passing on a 22 to 14 vote a major bill to guarantee healthcare in the state through creating a Medicare for all system that would cover every Californian.

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Next, passage is needed by the California Assembly and Governor. Similar legislation passed the California Senate and Assembly in 2006 and 2008 to be vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger. Maybe this year will be different, Governor Schwarzenegger is term limited and gets one more chance to "do the right thing".

For more information about California health care reform:
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California 2010 Senate Debate Video SB 810

The SB 810 discussion debate starts 1 hour 2 minutes in and that you can skip to this section from the linked video.

http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewvideo/984