Stories related to: single-payer healthcare

Health Care

Is Single Payer Still An Option For California? Some Lawmakers Say Yes — But Not Anytime Soon.

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.

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State Government

Assembly Speaker Says Single-Payer Remains Shelved

January 8, 2018 | Ben Bradford

Don’t expect California’s high-profile measure to establish single-payer health care to move forward anytime soon.

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State Government

Single-Payer Is Lone Contrast In First Meeting Of Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates

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.

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Health Care

Single Payer Vs Universal Health Care: What's The Difference?

August 28, 2017 | Sammy Caiola

From single payer to universal coverage, California looks for a way to cover the uninsured.

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State Government

Rendon Sparks Uproar By Shelving Single-Payer Bill

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.

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State Government

California Single-Payer Health Plan On Hold

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."

Health Care

Single-Payer Bill Met With Skepticism On Its Accessibility To Health Care

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.

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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

With The Deadline For Legislation Here, Which Bills Passed, And Which Didn't?

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.

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State Government

Thursday Capitol Roundup: Single-Payer Healthcare, Cap-and-Trade, Affordable Housing

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.