Economist Opposes CA's SB-2 Health Law

Health insurance legislation that is expected to be signed by Governor Gray Davis would cost California businesses $11.4 billion a year, according to a new report on the economic impact of California's recently passed Senate Bill 2. The analysis was conducted by Dr. Aaron Yelowitz, a nationally respected labor and health economist at the University of Kentucky and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to the University of Kentucky, Yelowitz spent seven years as an economist at UCLA. Yelowitz's report, commissioned by The Employment Policies Institut...