Will California make single-payer healthcare a reality? On June 1st the state Senate voted in favor of single-payer health care.
The Healthy California Act now sits before the Assembly. The plan aims to provide all California residents with comprehensive universal single-payer health care and control health care costs. Implementing it could cost between $330 to $400 billion per year, about what we’re paying with private insurance. Critics say it’s “counterintuitive.” Supporters say residents and businesses would reap significant savings. How would it work?
Guests:
Dr. Nadereh Pourat, director of research at UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research
Catherine Ho, health care reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle
Web Resources:
SB-562 The Healthy California Act
San Francisco Chronicle: How a single-payer health plan would look in California
Capital & Main: Study Shows California’s Single-Payer Bill Would Save Health Care Costs
48 Hills: The big media lie about single-payer health care
Political Economy Research Institute: Economic Analysis of the Healthy California Single-Payer Health Care Proposal