Becker's Healthcare April 26, 2024
California lawmakers have introduced legislation again that would provide “comprehensive universal single-payer” health coverage for all 39 million residents of the state under a program called CalCare.
Introduced in February, the bill “would provide that CalCare cover a wide range of medical benefits and other services and would incorporate the healthcare benefits and standards of other existing federal and state provisions, including the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medi-Cal, ancillary healthcare or social services covered by regional centers for persons with developmental disabilities, Knox-Keene, and the federal Medicare program.”
California Democrats have previously made attempts to enact a single-payer system in the state — a 2022 analysis from the state found CalCare could cost between $494 billion and $552 billion...
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