Would this affect how much I spend on healthcare?
No more co-pays, premiums or deductibles
But Californians would be hit with higher taxes
At this point, its hard to say. The existing language of the proposal does away with a lot of the financial burdens associated with the current healthcare system, such as premiums, deductibles and co-pays.
When [patients] go to a provider, they wont have to pay anything, Lighty said. They wont get a bill from the insurance company after surgery. They wont be told to pay thousands of dollars to get into an ambulance. All of that goes away.
Average premiums for Californians who get insurance through an employer (as the majority of people in the state do) were just under $600 per month in 2016, according to the California Health Care Foundation higher than the national average.
But the new system would not eliminate those costs entirely.
If youre paying for health insurance right now through healthcare premiums and cost-sharing, youd end up paying instead through taxes, said Micah Weinberg, president of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. There are some people who at the end of the day will end up paying more, others who will end up paying less.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-single-payer-explainer-20170601-htmlstory.html