Holy *#$*#$&... imagine if they actually manage to take this all the way to the goal line
They are already broke as *#&$*#, and this would " require shifting the entire $405 billion annually spent on healthcare in California onto the state budget."
AB 2200 - The bill has passed the CA Health Committee, now it is off to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Kalra's similar 2023 bill, AB 1690, did not leave the Assembly Rules Committee. State Sen Scott Wiener's 2023 bill SB 770, opposed by Kalra for not acting quickly enough, became law and requires the state to discuss with the federal government how it might establish a unified healthcare financing system that would allow federal Medicare and Medicaid funds to be used for California's universal healthcare system.
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The California Assembly Health Committee voted to advance a bill that would establish a universal healthcare board that would ban most private healthcare and require shifting the entire $405 billion annually spent on healthcare in California onto the state budget. As the state faces a $73 billion budget deficit, it is unclear which taxes would have to be adopted to absorb hundreds of billions of dollars in new costs.
California has the opportunity to be a model for the nation on what a progressive alternative to our fragmented, profit-driven status quo can be," Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, said in a statement celebrating the AB 2200 advancing to the Appropriations Committee after a 9-4 vote.
The bill would enroll every state resident in CalCare, which would include gender-affirming care, home health care, assisted living facilities, dialysis, and acupuncture. While private insurance would be banned, limited private care would be available for care not covered under CalCare, but providers of non-covered services would have to negotiate prices with the government.
CalCare funding would not be able to be used for any projects that result in "reductions in registered nursing staffing" or "changes in emergency room or primary care services or availability."
CalCare would also have final say over profit margins for healthcare providers contracted by CalCare and would "evaluate the source of margin generation."
They are already broke as *#&$*#, and this would " require shifting the entire $405 billion annually spent on healthcare in California onto the state budget."
AB 2200 - The bill has passed the CA Health Committee, now it is off to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Kalra's similar 2023 bill, AB 1690, did not leave the Assembly Rules Committee. State Sen Scott Wiener's 2023 bill SB 770, opposed by Kalra for not acting quickly enough, became law and requires the state to discuss with the federal government how it might establish a unified healthcare financing system that would allow federal Medicare and Medicaid funds to be used for California's universal healthcare system.
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The California Assembly Health Committee voted to advance a bill that would establish a universal healthcare board that would ban most private healthcare and require shifting the entire $405 billion annually spent on healthcare in California onto the state budget. As the state faces a $73 billion budget deficit, it is unclear which taxes would have to be adopted to absorb hundreds of billions of dollars in new costs.
California has the opportunity to be a model for the nation on what a progressive alternative to our fragmented, profit-driven status quo can be," Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, said in a statement celebrating the AB 2200 advancing to the Appropriations Committee after a 9-4 vote.
The bill would enroll every state resident in CalCare, which would include gender-affirming care, home health care, assisted living facilities, dialysis, and acupuncture. While private insurance would be banned, limited private care would be available for care not covered under CalCare, but providers of non-covered services would have to negotiate prices with the government.
CalCare funding would not be able to be used for any projects that result in "reductions in registered nursing staffing" or "changes in emergency room or primary care services or availability."
CalCare would also have final say over profit margins for healthcare providers contracted by CalCare and would "evaluate the source of margin generation."
