Editorial: Newsom campaigned for single-payer, but that's not in his budget (via latimesopinion)
So it was little surprise when Newsom released his 2022 budget proposal on Monday that he included another marquee progressive policy. This time, it was healthcare. But instead of wrapping his arms around the sweeping overhaul involved in creating a single-payer healthcare system, Newsom took a more pragmatic approach.
“California is poised to be — if this proposal is supported — the first state in the country to achieve universal access to health coverage,” he said as he presented his $286-billion spending plan in a Sacramento auditorium, sparsely filled because of the rapidly spreading Omicron coronavirus variant.The governor’s plan lays out close to $10 billion in new spending on COVID, climate change, homelessness, inequality and ‘keeping our streets safe.
Newsom could have taken the opportunity to acknowledge what his budget makes plain: that he’s moving away from the more radical approach he backed during, when he said “it’s about time” for Democrats to support single-payer. That won him the support of the left flank of his party as well as $500,000 in campaign support from the progressive California Nurses Assn.
In many states this would be a contentious proposal because of Republican opposition. In Democrat-dominated California, the debate is more likely to focus on whether Newsom’s plan goes far enough. It’s a straightforward expansion of the existing healthcare system that builds on similar expansions the state has approved in recent years — not the kind of blow-it-up-and-start-all-over healthcare reform that Berniecrats have pushed for.
That vision is contained in a bill advancing in the Legislature that would abolish existing private and public insurance plans and cover all Californians with, called “CalCare.” Instead of fees or copays, Californians would pay for the system with billions of dollars in new payroll taxes, personal income taxes, and excise taxes on businesses.
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
California taxes would rise again to pay for Newsom universal health care, including for illegal immigrantsCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom is hoping to make his state the first to offer universal health care to all residents, but it would mean raising taxes to help pay for it.
Consulte Mais informação »
Newsom Proposes Freezing Gas Tax Hike To Combat InflationDoing so would cost the state about $523 million in revenue for things like roads and bridges.
Consulte Mais informação »
Gov. Newsom to discuss plan to expand health care to all Californians, including immigrantsGov. Gavin Newsom will visit Kern County on Tuesday to discuss his proposal to expand health care to uninsured Californians, including more than 700,000 undocumented state residents.
Consulte Mais informação »
Gov. Newsom discusses plan to expand health care to all Californians, including immigrantsGov. Gavin Newsom visited Kern County Tuesday to discuss his plan to expand health care services for all Californians, including thousands of undocumented state residents.
Consulte Mais informação »
Gov. Newsom executive order will help keep Bay Area schools open for in-person learningGov. Gavin Newsom said he has signed an executive order to allow schools more flexibility in staffing decisions like giving additional hours to substitute teachers and rehiring recent retirees for short stints.
Consulte Mais informação »
Op-Ed: The Omicron surge makes the case for California's single-payer healthcare proposal“Assembly Bill 1400 would replace the state’s piecemeal approach to near-universal coverage with a system known as CalCare, making California the first state in the nation to adopt a unified government-funded approach to healthcare.” (via latimesopinion)
Consulte Mais informação »