Mark Leno's single payer bill passes CA senate

After eleven months and two amendments since its introduction, California's senate voted today to pass Senate Bill 810, introduced by San Francisco Senator Mark Leno.

SB 810, also known as The California Universal Health Care Act, calls for no tax increase on the first $7k of wages earned by Californians, reducing the burden on the lowest income wage earners.

At the request of millions of single-payer health care advocates, Leno authored SB 810 “because it is the only health care reform that can truly contain health care costs and provide every Californian with comprehensive, quality, affordable health care,” according to his office. He says, "this “Medicare for All” type of program works by pooling together the money that government, employers and individuals already spend on health care and putting it to better use by cutting out the for-profit middle man."

You can read more about the program here.