Lens October 9, 2020
The Universal Health Care Work Group is working on a new report update for the state legislature outlining end goals to achieve a single-payer system.
The state Universal Health Care Work Group is working on a new report update for the state legislature outlining end goals to pursue, ultimately focused on achieving a single-payer system. With ongoing issues regarding implementation and operational costs, some work group members are advocating a gradual phase-in of these policies.
Advocates of this approach point to decades of legislation focusing on universal health care coverage for children, starting in 1989 with the Maternity Care Act and concluding with the 2005 Cover All Kids Act that was fully implemented in 2009.
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