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Cost of universal health care in CA bigger than state budget


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2017 May 22, 6:32pm   13,083 views  49 comments

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http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article151960182.html
The price tag is in: It would cost $400 billion to remake California’s health insurance marketplace and create a publicly funded universal heath care system, according to a state financial analysis released Monday.

California would have to find an additional $200 billion per year, including in new tax revenues, to create a so-called “single-payer” system, the analysis by the Senate Appropriations Committee found. The estimate assumes the state would retain the existing $200 billion in local, state and federal funding it currently receives to offset the total $400 billion price tag.

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45   Shaman   2017 May 24, 7:44am  

So what's to stop people from a different state from coming here for free medical care? The provides can't ask about legal residency! They have to provide care to illegal aliens, so they'd need to provide care also to people from other states!

So NOW the question is this: how does California pay to provide medical care to the entirety of the USA and Central America for free?

47   HEY YOU   2017 May 24, 8:20am  

One liners are great.
How much if Republicans were excluded?

48   Blurtman   2017 May 24, 8:23am  

Strategist says

It should be based on a national health plan, and not for foreigners who have not paid into the system

You've got my vote. This and a crackdown on illegals might get bi-partisan support.

49   RWSGFY   2017 May 24, 10:57am  

just_passing_through says

www.youtube.com/embed/q2jijuj1ysw

$900 for a doctor visit? WTF? Even in uber-expensive Bay Area this is somewhere between $150 and $300, IIRC.

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