Not content to sit on their hands and wait for something to come out of Washington’s political games, 26 states are moving ahead with healthcare reform. Not all are as bold as California’s single payer initiative or Massachusett’s mandated coverage. But each cash-strapped state is taking meaningful steps towards reform, improving access, quality, and affordability in its own way.

Read the HealthLeaders story to find out where you may want to move.

California is a leader in technology, the environment, and citywide indigent healthcare. Now it’s setting its sights on innovative statewide healthcare leadership. The state senate brought that goal one step closer today, passing universal healthcare bill SB 810 by a vote of 22-14. The US House might want to take notice of what happens when you actually bring a quality single-payer bill to a vote.

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