Mercury News
California will decide in the next 10 days if it really wants to be the national leader in health care reform. It has a golden opportunity to improve its health care system by so much for so little state money. The Legislature will begin the debate Tuesday on two crucial bills to expand Medi-Cal eligibility to as many as 1.4 million low-income residents. Assembly Speaker John Perez's AB1X-1 is the best plan. It would insure as many people as possible in the cheapest, most efficient manner.
