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Healthcare Bill Veto

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Forum discusses the latest on the California Fair Share Health Care Act, which would have required large employers to spend up to 8 percent of their total payroll on healthcare. Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill last Thursday.

Guests:

Dr. Sandra Hernandez, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, former director of Public Health for the City and County of San Francisco, and member of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance

Dr. William Dow, health economist at UC-Berkeley and former senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisors

Chris Ohman, CEO and president of the California Association of Health Plans

Sara Rogers, legislative consultant with state Sen. Sheila Kuel (D-Santa Monica)

Kim Belshe, secretary of the California Health and Human Service Agency

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