A measure to overhaul California’s ailing health care system by extending health insurance coverage to all Californians and requiring employers to share in the cost has won approval in the Senate Healthcare Committee. The measure would, among other things, require all employers that don’t offer employee health insurance to pay a payroll tax of 7.5 percent into a purchasing pool to buy insurance for workers.
The bill, A.B. 8, must be approved by one more committee before it can be considered by the full Senate and then the Assembly. From there, legislators will likely have to negotiate with the Governor—who has proposed his own version of health care reform—over the final version of the measure. We’ll keep you posted.
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Additional Resources:
Senate Committee Report on A.B. 8