Today the news decries government worker layoffs in cities like San Jose. San Carlos is making news by last year outsourcing police thereby canceling jobs, to now outsourcing fire thereby cancelling jobs. One common denominator with these jobs is not only wages but I am sure the spiraling costs of health insurance. Again I point out the leverage Massachusetts created with their commonwealth care program in controlling these costs. It is not only the fact that the poor get health insurance, but that the costs of workers insurance are also contained. Here in California thanks to failed leadership on this issue, we have spiraling health insurance costs.
All we would have to do is copy and paste the majority of what Massachusetts has done and the legislature adopt it. Failing that it goes in front of the people to vote on. We are desperate now in this state as more government cuts are happening yet insurance costs keep rising. When will we awake from this dream to the reality of universal health care. I hope sooner rather than snails paced later.
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