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Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about single-payer healthcare

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Re: Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about single-payer healthcare

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Who will pay for it?

All of its residents.

In theory they could have a problem with really sick people moving to California for the healthcare, raising their costs. But that takes time, so maybe before it becomes a big problem, other states will do similar things.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

All of its residents.

Sans illegal aliens.

Of course, they also pay lots of taxes too, including sales tax, and presumably some of that, directly or indirectly, would offset the costs of this kind of program.

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Who will pay for it?

California tax payers, obviously.

Perhaps the bulk of it will come from folks (and companies?) who have driven real estate prices up to the point no working class person can afford to buy a home in any major city in California.

There may be some negative consequences to that, as well, in the form of some companies or people moving out of California. But, hey, maybe that'd help solve the housing crisis. And, it's also a competitive advantage on some vectors, so maybe it would have a net positive impact on economic growth in the state.

I, honestly, have no idea how it'd work, especially for a state that has managed to have a budget crisis seemingly every year for decades (but, maybe this is just me having a selective memory). But, the CA economy is very, very, big (the biggest, and bigger than many other states combined). If any state could do it, it would be CA.

It'd be interesting, anyway. Somebody has to go first.

Re: Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about single-payer healthcare

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I congratulate the senators on proposing universal health-care in a way that in federally Constitutional: that is, through the states!

Though I'm usually skeptical of government overreach and innefficiency, I do believe a minimum of preventative care would save people and the system a lot in terms of money, time, and life. So go for it, and let the rest of the country see how it goes.

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