Warning: Taxes May Double in CA If This Bill Passes

Single-Payer Healthcare Makes a California Comeback
Sacramento Democrats are back, this time with huge tax increases.

www.wsj.com/articles/single-payer-medicine-makes-a-california-comeback-gavin-newsom-xavier-becerra-healthcare-11641853914

California Democrats’ single-payer healthcare plan passes first hurdle

JAN. 12, 2022
SACRAMENTO — In any other year, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to add an estimated 700,000 immigrants without legal status to the state’s healthcare program for low-income residents would be a monumental lift.

On Tuesday, it was painted as the “status quo” as legislators considered a separate proposal with a much broader reach.

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A group of Democratic lawmakers are pushing a massive restructuring of the state’s healthcare system under legislation that would guarantee medical coverage for every resident in the state by

enacting billions in new taxes to create a single-payer system. Assembly Bill 1400 passed its first hurdle during a contentious Assembly Health Committee hearing on Tuesday evening, moving forward legislation that has so far overshadowed Newsom’s proposal, but also faces significant bipartisan challenges moving forward.

www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-12/california-democrat-universal-healthcare-plan-cost-debate

 

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