by Sylvia Moore | Sep 9, 2011 | News
When California Senate Health Committee Chair Ed Hernandez’s foot dragging earlier this year nearly killed the single payer bill, SB 810, outright, I wondered whether health insurance industry lobbyists had gotten to him. Hernandez, a Democrat, eventually voted...
by Sylvia Moore | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Sacramento Bee reported that AB 52, the legislation that would give regulators the authority to review proposed health insurance rate increases, passed the state Senate Health Committee on Wednesday. Assembly Bill 52, the controversial bill that would impose rate...
by Sylvia Moore | May 5, 2011 | News
Facing possible extinction for the first time in four years, the single payer bill SB 810 pulled through, passing the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday on a 5-3 vote, state Sen. Mark Leno’s office reported. Up until a couple of days ago, committee chair Sen....
by Sylvia Moore | May 3, 2011 | News
The California Nurses Association is reporting that State Sen. Ed Hernandez has decided to vote in favor of SB 810 at tomorrow’s Senate Health Committee hearing. Up until now, Hernandez, the committee’s chair, had been undecided. This is terrific news....
by Sylvia Moore | May 2, 2011 | News
Pressure is building on two Democratic state Senators on the Senate Health Committee to get them to change their minds on the single payer healthcare bill, SB 810. The bill is scheduled for a hearing before the committee this Wednesday after being postponed from last...
