Truth or (do you) Dare About Medical Care?
Thank you for coming back! This is our final and MOST IMPORTANT segment for our medical care blog series, Are YOU ready for Single Payer? The whole reason we dove into this topic was because of SB 562, the Healthy California Act.
On 6/23/17, CA Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) shelved the proposal saying it is “woefully incomplete” and has postponed any further legislative action until 1/18/18.
At the very least, this will give the CA Senate and Assembly time to address some of the serious flaws in SB 562, including the lack of a funding mechanism, zero public accountability and no way to control or manage medical care and costs.
While this bill is off the table for now, it will be sure to zombie. If it IS resurrected next year, you might not get a chance to vote on this bill. But YOU will pay for it.
As it was written, SB 562 estimated an annual price tag of $460 BILLION – and that’s just to start. The current healthcare budget is $60 billion. That’s QUITE an increase.
- Proponents don’t really balance the books when it comes to the tax burdens which could be put on all of us. When it costs too much, employers will start the lay-offs… that means you! And there’ll be no more $$ going into the unemployment trust fund… so you’ll be on your own.
- SB 562 – like the ACA — doesn’t have any language addressing the cost of getting medical care (which, let’s face it, is already out of control!)
The Insurance Mom is worried about you. She wants everyone to have easy access to medical care. The Insurance Mom thinks SB 562 is alarming. Why? Well, I’ll tell you!
Under this proposed bill, you will be forced to …
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