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66% : Even many California Democrats recognize that single-payer is a pipe dream.63% : Or will they leave the state and pay out of pocket for care more quickly?MONTHLY HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR NEARLY 2 MILLION CALIFORNIANS EXPECTED TO RISE NEXT YEARKalra calls his latest bid for single-payer - officially dubbed AB 2200, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act - an improvement on his previous efforts.
56% : He proposes to pass the bill, then ask the federal government for a waiver to divert all the money it delivers to the state for the likes of Medicare and Medicaid into a new "CalCare" health plan.
49% : CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFiscal reality may be the death knell for single-payer in California this year.
48% : The last time single-payer advocates came knocking in Sacramento, they were counting on Gov. Gavin Newsom going along with them to fulfill campaign promises.
46% : Spoiler alert: It hasn't gotten any cheaper since then.SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE: WHAT IS IT?This fixation on single-payer health care is not just unrealistic.
45% : The farce is California state Assemblyman Ash Kalra, a Democrat, re-introducing legislation to ban private health insurance and force all Californians into a single, publicly run health plan - at a cost estimated at $391 billion a year the last time he brought it forward, in 2021.
36% : "I'm just stating the obvious, that's always been the concern about single-payer -- the cost," Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas said last month.
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