Stakes High for California in Health Care Reform

abcnews.go.com ^ | February 4, 2010 | By JULIANA BARBASSA

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Among states, California arguably has the most to gain from an overhaul of its health care system: it has the greatest number of uninsured residents in the country and the largest public insurance program for the poor, which struggles to serve 6.5 million people while reimbursing doctors at one of the nation's lowest rates.

Stuck between the increasingly uncertain future of national reform, a looming $20 billion state budget deficit, and a health care system that is limping along and likely to face even greater demand in the coming years, Californians are frustrated. Doctors, patients, politicians and researchers all agree change is desperately needed, even if they disagree passionately on what that change should look like.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

$20 billion in the hole and they are digging frantically. SB 810 has passed the senate.

AYES ****

Calderon Cedillo Corbett DeSaulnier Ducheny Florez Hancock Kehoe Leno Liu Lowenthal Negrete McLeod Oropeza Padilla Pavley Price Romero Simitian Steinberg Wiggins Wolk Yee

These people need tarred and feathered. Call your assemblymen and insist they stop this.

[Psycho_Bunny]

“Health care for people, not for profit.”

These pinheads are beyond stupid.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

They should rename the Sacramento river the Denial. Then take all the idiots in the capital and throw them in it.

[Cyman]

If the pediatrician quoted in the article truly has MediCal patient number half of is patient totals(and therefor about 9-13% of his gross revenue), he is an EXTREMELY talented businessman! He would have to be dealing with a payor mix that pays him at about 145-160% of Medicare rates on each and every one of his non-MediCal patients. This guy needs to be elected governor, he runs a very tight ship.

[GailA]

Socialized Med Thread

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Looking at your thread it amazes my that while other states are trying to keep from getting roped into this California, the brokest state in the union is heading into this headfirst.

[SunkenCiv]

has the greatest number of uninsured residents in the country and the largest public insurance program for the poor, which struggles to serve 6.5 million people while reimbursing doctors at one of the nation's lowest rates

Thanks Lurkina.n.Learnin.

[GailA]

Tennessee is working on a similar bill I think. Here is another one that needs reading...several links in it. The Tricare for Life is DOD and doesn't take effect until 2011 the Vets groups raised Cain and could only manage to get it delayed...yet another broken promise to our Veterans.

Obama's War on Seniors

[Munz]

Nazi Pelosi needs this for her State doesn’t she???

TOO BAD!