cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/596415
like the suggested medicare for all, but only on a state level
California comes pretty close.
To little fanfare, as the new year has gotten underway, California has closed one of the largest remaining gaps in its healthcare coverage system. As of January 1, all low-income Californians, no matter their immigration status, no matter their age, qualify for healthcare coverage.
A marketplace of private health insurance companies is very different from single payer healthcare.
Yes. CA is looking to get single payer, but that has a longer runway because America.
As a Californian, this is mostly just propaganda. Yes, immigration doesn’t affect Medicaid eligibility, and yes that’s a good thing, but if you aren’t low ENOUGH income for Medicaid, coverage is expensive.
Also as others have noted (and more directly addressing OP) California isn’t anywhere close to a single payer system. We have a marketplace of private insurers like everybody else
