Will HillaryCare Come to California?

The legislature has passed another attempt at socialized medicine, and the only hope of keeping it out of California is a veto from the governor. Given his recent decision to remove moral codes from all of the State's schools, there's no telling what he'll do in this case:

The Democratic-controlled Legislature is on the verge of sending Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would create a state-run universal health care system, testing him on an issue that voters rate as one of their top concerns in this election year.

On a largely party-line 43-30 vote, the Assembly approved a bill by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, that would eliminate private medical insurance plans and establish a statewide health insurance system that would provide coverage to all Californians. The state Senate has already approved the plan once and is expected this week to approve changes that the Assembly made to the bill.

Schwarzenegger has said he opposes a single-payer plan like the one Kuehl's bill would create, but the governor has not offered his own alternatives for fixing the state's health care system. As many as 7 million people are uninsured in the state, and spiraling costs have put pressure on business and consumers. ...

"I don't believe that government should be getting in there and should start running a health care system that is kind of done and worked on by government," Schwarzenegger said in July at a speech at the Commonwealth Club. "I think that what we should do is be a facilitator, to make the health care costs come down. The sad story in America is that our health care costs are too high, that everyone cannot afford health care."

The legislature passes these things without ever paying any attention to what the real results of their actions will be, or without looking at how these systems have worked in other places. If you want to wait months for elective surgery, or turn all doctors into civil servants (with the same work ethic), this is a great idea. Otherwise, it will be a disaster for California.