news.aol.com — In an astounding move today, California's "Governator" "proposed to extend health coverage to nearly all of California's 6.5 million uninsured people, promising to spread the cost among businesses, individuals, hospitals, doctors, insurers and government." He's a Republican right?
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dewheadJan 9, 2007
Why would you give the government that much control over your health? Haven't you heard the horror stories about HMO's? That is exactly how it will be but at least 100 times worse.
wing05Jan 9, 2007
What's gonna bankrupt the people first?Taxpayer funded health care that should help to keep more people healthy, live productive lives and able to work?orTaxpayer funded war overseas with the money going to pay for bullets, equipment and other paraphernalia in a quagmire theater that seems certain to stretch out for years?
geronimoJan 9, 2007
this should only be passed if we get tough with illegal immigration.
fyngyrzJan 10, 2007
On September 22, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed universal healthcare(SB 840) after it had passed by the will of the people.How - exactly - can you justify this bill, but not SB 840?When you can explain that adequately, you'll have some credibility.
corvidaeJan 13, 2007
It's called comprehensive coverage, and it is more expensive. Wich is why medicare doesn't cover everything as well.Consider France, they have universal health care. They also have insurance companies. The state health care covers the basics, the things everyone is going to need at some point. It doesn't cover everything, so insurance companies are still needed. The two systems work together and it seems to work pretty damn well for them.So tell me, just how is someone who is living paycheck to paycheck, with no health insurance, supposed to put anything into an HSA, when they can barely afford their rent? HSA's are great for the rich and probably most of the upper middle class. Below that it simply screws people out of healthcare. Since the largest portion of our population is below that, they do more harm than good. They lower insurance rates for the rich, leaving the poor who can't afford an HSA to be stuck with an even higher bar to be able to afford decent coverage. Because I can garuntee, the more people switch to high deductable insurance plans, the higher the rates will go for low deductables.
amydh03Jan 25, 2007
Universal healthcare is an assinine idea. Just look to Canada to see how well it does not work. If you want to wait a year just for an MRI, then by all means, keep this idea going.I have a better idea. Most people who do not have health insurance probably get a nice, fat EIC check every year. Most people I know who get EIC get well over $3000. Instead of EIC, how about put that money into a fund to pay their health insurance instead of letting them buy big screen TV's or cocaine (2 examples I know of personally from just last year)? It is a fact that some people simply cannot afford health insurance but it is also a fact that a large percentage of people simply want the government to take care of them from "womb to tomb".
cahealth11Sep 1, 2007
There was another write up on this in today's LA Times, it seems now it is being proposed that this initiative be funded by a business tax increase. Obviously not popular with the GOP side.<a class="user" href="http://www.healthinsuranceshopper.com/California-Health-Insurance-Blog/default.aspx">http://www.healthinsuranceshopper.com/California-Health-Insurance-Blog/default.aspx</a><a class="user" href="http://www.healthinsuranceshopper.com">http://www.healthinsuranceshopper.com</a>
cahealth11Sep 3, 2007
I'm a health insurance broker at <a class="user" href="http://www.healthinsuranceshopper.com">http://www.healthinsuranceshopper.com</a> and in my opionion none of the universal healthcare proposals will pass muster.
cahealth11Sep 3, 2007
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cahealth11Sep 4, 2007
Please article here for some perspective o what industry insiders are doing to oppose this legistlation: <a class="user" href="http://www.healthinsuranceshopper.com/California-Health-Insurance-Blog/default.aspx">http://www.healthinsuranceshopper.com/California-Health-Insurance-Blog/default.aspx</a>
myahonJan 31, 2008
Now that this bill he introduced is dead what can we learn from it's failure? It died do to high cost.Therefor in order to make it work nationwide we NEED to lower the cost of it. Import canadian drugs, lowered perscription costs, a focus on the PREVENTITIVE side.We need to accomplish that FIRST befor we can afford it. This was what McCain says and that is why Wilford "Diabeetus" Brimley endorses him.
myahonJan 31, 2008
Arnie is known for that kind of stuff. I think that's why a centrist republican the core HATES for his bipartisanship (John McCain) is set to win the nomination. All he needs to say is that he won't Invade Iran and he's as good as elected.If we would have given it to him instead of Bush in 2000 primaries we wouldn't BE in this mess.
deansalutiMay 22, 2009
Interesting that California is looking to go with Universal Healthcare. We in MA already had this ratified in our state. Not sure how they can afford this with the financial crisis. However, having basic healthcare is essential.
deansalutiMay 22, 2009
Sorry to hear that. As an employer its tough to see stories like that when I know how much healthcare costs the company and the employee.