Oppose SB 840-Socialized Medicine

From HSLDA (5/18/2005):

Bill: SB 840 - Socialized Medicine
Author: Senator Sheila Kuehl
Status: In California State Senate
Position: Strongly OPPOSE

Summary of Concerns:
SB 840 is an aggressive plan to bring socialized medicine into California by replacing private health insurance with a mandatory state-run program for every California resident. SB 840 will:
1) force every California resident above poverty level to pay a state insurance premium (hidden tax)
2) destroy the current system of choices of health care coverage
3) drive up the cost of health care coverage
4) reduce the quality of health care available
5) reduce the availability of health care, forcing some families to go out of state to obtain health care for their family members
6) create a new huge government bureaucracy that will make life and death medical decisions
7) place all final health care decisions in the hands of a single government board and its commissioner

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