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 | Jul 5, 2011 | News
It’s bad enough that much of our hard earned money goes into health insurer CEO pockets. It’s even worse that much of our hard earned money is also going into the pockets of lobbyists the insurance industry hires to fight legislation that would actually...
by Andrew McGuire | Jul 5, 2011 | News
by nyceve There is an immensely important vote on Wednesday in the health committee of the California State Senate. It’s a vote on AB 52 to regulate health insurers, and give the insurance commissioner the ability to review, approve, deny or modify excessive...
by Sylvia Moore | May 6, 2011 | News
Read California Healthline’s roundup of Wednesday’s successful vote on SB 810: Friday, May 06, 2011 Senate Health Committee Moves Single-Payer Bill by David Gorn Many dozens of single-payer supporters crammed the Senate Committee on Health chambers on...
