When government sets the budget, rationing is a feature, not a bug. Patients wait. And wait. And wait. Care delayed is money saved. Sacramento struggles to run Medi-Cal. How will it manage a $500 billion takeover of the entire health system?
California progressives’ single-payer health care fever dream is back. This time, the cost could hit half a trillion dollars a year.
Single-payer means the government pays, for everything. Several candidates for governor are promising just such a government takeover of the state’s health insurance system.
Billionaire Tom Steyer says, “Bernie Sanders was right. We need single-payer health care.” His campaign ads place a single-payer system at the center of his agenda. Betty Yee, Xavier Becerra, and Tony Thurmond are on board, too.
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Why progressives’ single-payer health care dream would bankrupt California
Sally C. Pipes
When government sets the budget, rationing is a feature, not a bug. Patients wait. And wait. And wait. Care delayed is money saved. Sacramento struggles to run Medi-Cal. How will it manage a $500 billion takeover of the entire health system?
California progressives’ single-payer health care fever dream is back. This time, the cost could hit half a trillion dollars a year.
Single-payer means the government pays, for everything. Several candidates for governor are promising just such a government takeover of the state’s health insurance system.
Billionaire Tom Steyer says, “Bernie Sanders was right. We need single-payer health care.” His campaign ads place a single-payer system at the center of his agenda. Betty Yee, Xavier Becerra, and Tony Thurmond are on board, too.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.