Would require dem votes in the senate
They'll just call it a reconciliation bill. It's budget neutral because no state has yet implemented a Single-Payer Healthcare plan.
Would require dem votes in the senate
They'll just call it a reconciliation bill. It's budget neutral because no state has yet implemented a Single-Payer Healthcare plan.
Sounds great without the "how". They don't know how they'll pay for it, and the projections of the cost of this alone are over twice the States entire 2016 budget. Yeah.
They will become state employees probably.Whoa!
I wonder what'll happen to the insurance industry here.
Wow...that came out of nowhere...does this mean as a Cali resident I don't have to pay anything for healthcare?
This question is for UK/Canada folks: I have heard that the UK/Canada SP system sucks because you have to wait for a long time for doctor appointments, surgery etc, since its run by govt. Any feedback from folks who live there. Is there any truth to this?
This also covers undocumented residents. It's not going anywhere in its current state
That's not how the economics of buying in bulk works.
If the government has to pay for it citizens healthcare would that lead to prices in the healthcare industry lowering and being better regulated? (i.e. surgery, tests, medication)
What does happen to private insurers in California? I can't imagine the state has the infrastructure to treat every California citizen.
I'm happy this is happening but remember that California has public propositions. Remember prop 8? I believe this will need 2/3rds majority to pass as well since it's a tax increase.
Tell that to Medicaid/Medicare.
There's two "hows" suggested already
I won't believe it until it's real, even in a state like California.
NY next please
Are mental/cognitive services covered as well?
Benefits would be generous, including all inpatient and outpatient care, dental and vision care, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and prescription drugs. Patients would be able to see any healthcare provider of their choosing.
They already have it in Massachusetts. Passed by Mitt Romney!
First weeds legal and now healthcare. Amazing. So the weed taxes can pay for insurance costs?
I'm happy this is happening but remember that California has public propositions. Remember prop 8? I believe this will need 2/3rds majority to pass as well since it's a tax increase.
It probably won't be implemented overnight. ACA exchanges were phased in over 3+ years.
A lot of California employers have great healthcare plans. If this gets implemented, it can drive talent out of the state. I don't see it happening.
healthcare is illegal? ....oh shit...
Michael Lighty, policy director for the California Nurses Assn., put it bluntly: Youll never have to deal with an insurance company again.
.I've said it before:
We tried several times to give these mouth breathing fuck heads universal health care and they responded by calling us liberal pussies.
So let's just have it for ourselves and they can live in their libertarian neo Christian dystopia that they crave so dearly.
Fuck them, we tried.
Maybe I'm missing something here... heck I'm sure I am.
but couldn't this create more jobs? With more Hospitals/Heath Centers (or whatever they are called)
but I'm stuck at who would pay them. Taxes couldn't cover it.
Dems have the 66% threshold in both assembly and senate
1 D voted against it in the senate, that's enough to break the supermajority.
Um, they have lower reimbursement rates compared to private insurance.
So yeah?
If it can get through the legislature, the governor and then we vote on it.
Then additional funding has to come from the federal government to allow us to use the Medicare funds for the entire system since it's all one system now.
So there's a few hurdles, all money related, of course.
The article covers a lot of the good questions. The important stuff at the bottom, retraining for those who lose their job, is important.
Once we eventually switch to single-payer, a shit ton of health insurance jobs are going to go out the window since it's a corrupt fucking industry. Those people will need new jobs.
3 years ain't enough time to build that type of infrastructure
Or it could have the opposite effect. Wild idea.A lot of California employers have great healthcare plans. If this gets implemented, it can drive talent out of the state. I don't see it happening.
Considering we just passed a proposition to raise our own gas taxes to pay for better infrastructure I'm not so sure it's that tough of a sell.I wonder if it will ever pass voters. At least anecdotally people cringe at any increase of tax for any reason.