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Mar 21, 2023 · Under the measure by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), California would begin the process of seeking a waiver from the federal government to allow Medicaid and Medicare funds to be used ...
- New California law takes a step toward single-payer healthcare
The law could help California obtain a waiver that would...
- New California law takes a step toward single-payer healthcare
Oct 8, 2023 · The law could help California obtain a waiver that would allocate federal Medicaid and Medicare funds to be used for what could eventually become a single-payer system that would cover every ...
- Anabel Sosa
- Staff Writer
- anabel.sosa@latimes.com
Oct 11, 2023 · On Saturday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed SB 770, a law that kick-starts the process to secure a statewide single-payer health system. It’s the first such move by a state.
Oct 10, 2023 · The law could help California obtain a waiver that would allocate federal Medicaid and Medicare funds to be used for what could eventually become a single-payer system that would cover every California resident and be financed entirely by state and federal funds. (Sosa, 10/8)
May 16, 2024 · The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. This bill, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, would create the California Guaranteed Health Care for All program, or CalCare, to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage and a health care cost control system for the benefit of all residents of the state.
Sep 14, 2023 · If California is able to use federal healthcare spending on Medicare and Medicaid towards its single payer system, the additional annual cost to the state would still be $300 billion, or the equivalent of the state’s fiscal year 2023-2024 budget, and thus require a doubling of taxes — or an increase of an estimated $12,250 per household.
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Mar 21, 2023 · Universal healthcare is a leading priority for progressives, who have rallied around the “Medicare for all” plan championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during his two presidential runs. A 2017 California bill to establish a single-payer system cleared the state Senate, but it was shelved by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood).
