California lawmakers to debate universal healthcare proposal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Assemblyman Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, discusses his bill that would pay for the universal health care bill, during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.
58% : California voters overwhelmingly rejected a 1994 ballot initiative that would have created a universal health care system.
57% : They hope that separating the idea of a universal health care system from the question of how to pay for it will give them a better chance of getting the bills passed and eventually winning voter approval.
56% : Universal health care has been debated for decades in the U.S., most recently during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, when it was promoted by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
55% : One would create the universal health care system and set its rules and the other would lay out how to pay for the coverage with increased taxes for some wealthier people and larger businesses.
53% : The plan for California universal health care requires at least a two-thirds vote in both houses of the state Legislature ahead of voter approval in a statewide election.
50% : The state's progressives have tried for years to create a government-funded universal health care system to replace the one that relies on private insurance.
45% : State lawmakers in Sander's homestate of Vermont have tried and failed to implement their own universal health care system.
40% : The California Taxpayers Association, which opposes the plan, says it would raise taxes by $163 billion per year on businesses and people.

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