Democratic lawmakers in California shied away from single-payer legislation that would have put state government in charge of health care and taxed Californians heavily to do so.
Mar 1, 2022
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DR. SAM METZ (FAR LEFT), JOHN HORVICK, GEORGE WARREN AND JIM MOORE TALK AT AN OREGON HEALTH FORUM BREAKFAST ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
Experts at an Oregon Health Forum event said a single-payer system would improve access to care, lower costs and ease enrollment, but would not be easy to implement.
Single-payer advocates came to the Capitol on Monday to air their passions on behalf of a bill that’s not going anywhere. But a pair of efforts on the horizon may bolster their ideas for replacing private health insurance with a single-payer health plan for everyone.