Residents would face long waits for subpar care under a system of state-run health insurance.
The California Senate will hold a hearing today on a bill that would lay the groundwork for a government takeover of the state’s health care system.
It’s unclear whether the Biden administration would approve such a waiver. But the fact that SB 770 focuses on how to fund a single-payer system sets it apart from previous plans. But the endgame is the same — a state takeover of the health insurance market and a ban on private health coverage. One man desperate for a hip replacement traveled to a clinic outside his home province — where the prohibition doesn’t apply — and paid $23,500 for the surgery. He waited for just two months. If he’d tried to use his state coverage, he would have waited nine to 12 times as long.
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