March 13, 2018 | Sammy Caiola
The Assembly's special universal health care committee released its first formal report on Tuesday. They’re looking long-term at a “unified public financing” model, which could be accomplished within a single-payer system.
January 8, 2018 | Ben Bradford
Don’t expect California’s high-profile measure to establish single-payer health care to move forward anytime soon.
October 22, 2017 | Ben Adler
When the four Democratic candidates in next year’s California governor’s race debated for the first time Sunday, they really only disagreed over one thing: single-payer health care.
August 28, 2017 | Sammy Caiola
From single payer to universal coverage, California looks for a way to cover the uninsured.
June 27, 2017 | Ben Adler
When California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced late Friday he would hold the single-payer health care bill for the year, he set off a firestorm of reactions that showcase the split in the Democratic Party.
June 23, 2017 | Ben Bradford
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon said he's pausing the advance of a single-payer health care measure, which he called "woefully incomplete."
June 5, 2017 | Sally Schilling
Now that the California Senate has passed a single-payer health care bill, supporters and opponents both question how much more accessible health care would become to Californians if signed into law.
June 2, 2017
Friday marks a key deadline for legislation to successfully exit its house of origin and move on to be voted on in the Assembly. Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler reviews whether cap-and-trade, single-payer health care and other legislation lives.
June 1, 2017 | Ben Adler | Amy Quinton
UPDATE at 11:15pm: Efforts to create a statewide single-payer health care system and address housing affordability have advanced in the California Legislature. But rival bills to extend cap-and-trade both stalled in the Assembly.
