SB5399 establishes the Universal Health Care Commission to prepare Washington for the creation of a state and federally-funded universal health care system.
The Senate passed SB5399 on April 19, 2021, by a vote of 28 to 21. We have assigned pluses to the nays because health care is not the legitimate object of government, nor should be under federal, state, or local jurisdiction in the United States. To compel American citizens to provide taxpayer money for a universal health care system would be to violate their fundamental rights protected by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment.