Bill Title: Creates a health care financing commission to help establish a unified health care system in New York state; will (a) provide fair, simple and accountable health care financing for all New York state residents; (b) define a comprehensive package of effective and necessary personal health services (c) allow health care insurance to be independent from employment; (d) provide a system of multiple insurers; (e) generate savings sufficient to provide health insurance to all New York state residents; (f) integrate current publicly sponsored health programs into the unified health care financing system; (g) preserve the choice of providers; (h) protect patient's rights; (i) keep clinical decisions in the hands of professionals and patients, rather than administrative personnel; (j) promote health care quality; and (k) develop effective, nonintrusive methods to control health care costs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S00333 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Neil Breslin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Malcolm Smith [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Sampson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kevin Parker [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator George Onorato [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Liz Krueger [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Thomas Duane [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Martin Dilan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Toby Stavisky [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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