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April 27, 2017

California weighs big shift: single-payer health care

  • A new state agency would contract with health care providers such as doctors and hospitals, and pay the bills for everyone.
    • By JONATHAN J. COOPER
    Associated Press

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A proposal considered by California lawmakers would substantially remake the health care system of the nation's most populous state by eliminating insurance companies and guaranteeing coverage for everyone.

    The idea known as single-payer health care has long been popular on the left and is getting a new look in California as President Donald Trump struggles to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law.


     
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