[2ndreconmarine]

According to the Lewin model, it is possible to insure all state residents with full coverage that includes medical, dental, vision, hospitalization and prescription drug benefits, and that is based on a high standard for quality,

This is great news. I am delighted.

The semantic equivalent of Lewin's boast is that California asks: "Send me your poor, your lazy, your infirm, your useless. Come to California and get free everything. We will make the rich pay for it all (like the liberal Hollywood types). You don't need 'means'. You don't need to work. You just need to use our medical services."

I sincerely hope they pass this and bankrupt the state. It should provide an excellent object lesson about socialized medicine. What the stupid liberals don't understand is that it is Medicaid, Medicare, and the tax exempt status of health care premiums that is pushing up health costs. They are going in exactly the wrong direction.

But maybe if California goes bankrupt, the rest of the country will understand.

[Euro-American Scum]

But maybe if California goes bankrupt, the rest of the country will understand.

California already is, and the country learned nothing.

[JSteff]

"But maybe if California goes bankrupt, the rest of the country will understand."

Nope. This is the old thing about the voters voting themselves the treasury. CA being the largest state with a huge number of electoral votes will not be allowed to go "bankrupt".

Do you think that ANY politician will ignore the Californians? The U.S. will actually step in because there is no other option.

Oh, and while they are at it.. since CA is so huge they might as well make social services apply to the whole country... oh and all current RESIDENTS of the U.S and territories.