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Cost of universal health care in CA bigger than state budget
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2017 May 22, 6:32pm 13,963 views 49 comments
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Blurtman
2017 May 24, 8:23am
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.
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RWSGFY
2017 May 24, 10:57am
RWSGFY
2017 May 24, 10:57am
$900 for a doctor visit? WTF? Even in uber-expensive Bay Area this is somewhere between $150 and $300, IIRC.
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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.