A bill that would create a government-funded universal health care system in California now faces a key deadline.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled his proposed state budget, and the plan is packed with over $10 billion in new spending on initiatives as wide-ranging as the pandemic, homelessness and worsening climate change.
Right now, lots of people pay for California's health care system, including patients, insurance companies and employers. The bill before the Legislature would change that to a single payer - the government. If enacted, it would unravel the private health insurance market. Private health insurance would still be allowed, but only for services not covered by the government.
This year's vote won't be easy, even in famously liberal California. While this bill has the support of some Democratic leaders and powerful labor unions, it has intense opposition from business groups that are pressuring more moderate Democrats not to vote for it.
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