FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Senate approved SB-562, a bill to provide single-payer health insurance, by a vote of 23-14 Thursday afternoon.
The passage followed several hours of debate.
Democratic Senator Toni Atkins is among the measure’s supporters:
However, Republican senator Jim Neilson asked his colleagues:
The bill has an estimated price tag of $400 billion a year.
It heads now the Assembly.
