Assembly Speaker Convening Select Committee on Universal Health Care

Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on Thursday announced that an interim committee will hold meetings after the legislative session ends in September to discuss plans for a universal health care system in California. Rendon, D-Lakewood, in June put the kibosh on Senate Bill 562, by Sens. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, and Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, which would have created the “Healthy California” program. A fiscal analysis said the proposal to provide medical care for all state residents without co-pays or deductibles would cost about $400 billion per year, more than double t...