In what has been an incredible uphill but necessary battle, California might just see universal health care. Amazingly enough, SB840 passed in both the state Senate and state Assembly. It now waits for signing from the Governator on Sept. 1. Proponents of SB 840 expect the Governator to veto SB840, but who knows—perhaps they could be pleasantly surprised.

SB 840 provides comprehensive medical, dental, vision, hospitalization and prescription drug coverage to every California resident.

California is much further along than Arizona in equal health care for all, although every Democratic candidate kind of dances around it on their platform.  

This article appears in Aug 24-30, 2006.

One reply on “Universal Healthcare for All Passes Cali Senate and Assembly”

  1. You might be interested in the new issue of YES! Magazine, “Health Care for All,” (#39, Fall 2006) with 12-plus articles on fixing on our broken health care system, including some features on successful efforts at the state level.

    You’ll find an index to the issue here:
    http://www.yesmagazine.org/default.asp?ID=189

    The lead article by YES! editors Sarah van Gelder and Doug Pibel, “Health Care: It’s What Ails Us,” with a strong argument for the financial and political viability of universal health coverage:
    http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?id=1498

    Holly Dressel’s, “Has Canada Got the Cure?”:
    http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?id=1503

    And Linda Walling’s article on the growing movement at the state level:
    http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?id=1507

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