With ACA Repeal Looming, Calif. Lawmakers To Propose Single-Payer System For State
No state has a single-payer system, and critics say it would require hefty tax increases. However, advocates contend that taxes would replace insurance premiums, and savings would come from eliminating the huge administrative costs of insurance companies.
The Mercury News:
California Lawmakers To Introduce Single-Payer Health Care Plan Today
In a surprise move that further complicates President Donald Trump’s push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, two California lawmakers today plan to introduce legislation that would create a single-payer health care system covering all 38 million Californians — including its undocumented residents. The universal health care plan, called the Healthy California Act and being proposed by Sens. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, and Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, doesn’t offer much in the way of detail right now. (Seipel, 2/17)