Editorial: AB 52 Would Lead to Overregulation, High Costs
An Orange County Register opinion piece states that the Senate Health Committee's recent passage of a bill (AB 52) to boost state oversight of health insurance rates "brought California one step closer to making health care insurance, and consequently health care itself, more costly, less accessible and even more under the clumsy control of government bureaucracies." The editorial continues that legislators "should remove government's impediments to encourage the private sector to lower prices and expand coverage and availability," adding, 'We urge the full Senate to defeat AB 52."
- "Unhealthy Emphasis on Regulation" (Orange County Register, 7/8).