CA: State senator(D) renews health care bill (REAL gov run socialized medicine bill)

ContraCostaTimes ^ | March 2, 2007 | Mike Zapler

[Lancey Howard]

But if it hadn't been for Arnold, we would now have either Bustamante or Angelides.

"We may have lung cancer but we could have had a heart attack or a stroke."

[FairOpinion]

Just think of it this way: YOU saved CA from BustaMechante and Karl Marx Angelides. And it is NOT a joke.

Arnold vetoed at least a third of the worst bills the Dem Legislature passed, all of which a Dem gov would have signed, including higher taxes, socialized medicine and homosexual marriage bill, just for starters. YOU kept CA from fully decending into a socialist h*ll. Be proud of it.

[ArmstedFragg]

The return of 'Zelda-Care'.

Sheila's chair of the Senate health sub-committee, which held a hearing on the Governor's bill two weeks ago. Just watching her, it was evident that she intended to try to torpedo any chance of a more moderate bill passing. You'd think they'd have learned the lesson from 'one bill Gil's' pursuit of drivers licenses for aliens, but once again the Demos are taking an "if I can't have what I want, I'm taking my ball and going home" approach.

So, once again, if Sheila succeeds, her constituents, who claims to care so deeply about, will be deprived of health coverage. What the heck, Sheila, it's just a few thousand tragic outcomes for patients, nowhere near as important as your petty political agenda.

[NormsRevenge]

The time to have united as a party was in 2003,, but some were too awestruck by Q factor and sucked in by the hype,, We can't go back, but I hardly see where we are headed today as anywhere close to forward either.

spending, thru the roof, long term debt, thru the roof. you get my drift

[My2Cents]

Understood. And they did it just to try to embarrass Arnold. I'd be surprised if her bill even gets out of the first committee this year. Dem leaders have their own plan. Kuehl is a lone ranger this time around.

[afnamvet]

Kuehl must have had a previous girl friend who worked in the health care industry. She prolly jilted poor old Sheila.

[Hardastarboard]

eliminate health insurance companies -- which she says ring up excessive profits and offer substandard coverage

Insurance companies are arrogant, evil monstrosities that own the politicians. The only thing worse than having insurance companies pay for our health care would be to have the government pay for it.

[goldstategop]

In the end, I think Arnold will sign it. He has already agreed in principle to a government role in health care so what's left to be resolved are the details. Since we're going to have the government involved, we might as well go full hog. I don't agree with Sheila Kuehl but since the Governor's own proposal is full of mandates, I don't see a great deal of difference between that and single payer. Its mostly a difference of labeling.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[ridesthemiles]

Yes, she's the leader, in fact is probably the only one right now, promoting a single-payer (i.e., govnernment) health system."

She is also the lesbian actress who played the girlfriend of Dobie Gillis!!!

[John Jorsett]

Who cares, since he never even managed to win the Lt Gov position and clearly had and has even less chance than that to become governor.

If Arnold had bothered to campaign for him, it might have been a different story.

[FairOpinion]

"In the end, I think Arnold will sign it."

Arnold ALREADY VETOED it once and he will veto it again.