How would it be possible to have more comprehensive health care coverage, including every New Yorker, and save $45 billion a year? It might sound impossible, but that is just what the New York Health Act, currently before the state Legislature, would do. Ninety-eight percent of New Yorkers would save an average of $2,200 a year. In the last legislative session, the bill passed 94-46 in the Assembly and had 31 co-sponsors in the state Senate, just one senator away from a majority.  

With the passage of the New York Health Act, all residents of New York would have comprehensive coverage including primary, preventive, specialists, hospital, mental health, substance abuse treatment, reproductive health care, dental, vision, prescription drugs, and medical supplies. The coverage would be more comprehensive than commercial health plans. There would be no co-pays, deductibles or premiums.

Read the full op-ed at the Journal News here.