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Related: About this forumHEALTHCARE FOR CALIFORNIA IS, IN FACT, VERY DOABLE
The California Senate recently voted to pass a bill that would establish a single-payer healthcare system for the entire state. The proposal, called the Healthy California Act, will now be taken up by the state Assembly.
The plan enjoys widespread support a recent poll commissioned by the California Nurses Assn. found that 70% of all Californians are in favor of a single-payer plan and with good reason. Under Healthy California, all residents would be entitled to decent healthcare without having to pay premiums, deductibles or copays.
http://www.healthycaliforniaact.org/single-payer-healthcare-for-california-is-in-fact-very-doable-fact-doable/
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)itsrobert
(14,157 posts)If California was a country by itself, it would be a lot easier to figure out. As of now, the federal government takes California's wealth and distributes to poorer states.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)I am hopeful but not holding my breath.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)If single-payer is stopped, that's the end of any chance of comprehensive low-cost healthcare access in California. Nothing short of the bill could possibly be progressive or worthwhile.
The last seven years have proven that incrementalism never works on healthcare. All you get now is the first increment and nothing is ever added again.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)It's huge undertaking with the feds. It's even greater without it.