It also assumes that unions, including those of government workers, would also be willing to throw their health care money into the pot, meaning their often lavish benefits would be equalized with the rest of the state’s residents. The proposal assumes that the feds would, in effect, turn over all of that money, well over $200 billion a year, to the state. The federal government now pays about half of the state’s medical care tab, which approaches a half-trillion dollars a year, through Medicare, Medi-Cal, Obamacare and systems serving federal employees, and civil service and military retirees. There are, moreover, some serious practical hurdles. Sponsors say the taxes would be offset by eliminating what employers and individuals now pay out of pocket for health care.Įven with overwhelming Democratic majorities in both legislative houses, it may be difficult to advance the two companion measures, since they will face very stiff opposition from private employer groups such as the California Chamber of Commerce and much, if not most, of the current health care industry. The constitutional amendment needing voter support would impose a new excise tax on businesses equal to 2.3% of any annual gross receipts in excess of $2 million, plus a payroll tax of 1.25% of total annual wages on employers with 50 or more workers, another payroll tax on employers tied to workers earning more than $49,900 a year, and graduated increases in personal income taxes on affluent taxpayers.Įstimates of revenues from the new taxes vary but would, it’s assumed, top $150 billion a year. “What we’re trying to do is get rid of these dozens of buckets of funding - whether it’s private insurance, whether it’s employer, whether it’s Medi-Cal - put it into one bucket,” the San Jose Democrat added. “There are countless studies that tell us a single-payer healthcare system is the fiscally sound thing to do, the smarter healthcare policy to follow, and a moral imperative if we care about human life,” the proposal’s chief author, Assemblyman Ash Kalra, said. One to create the framework for such a system in California, the other to ask voters to levy tens of billions of dollars in new taxes, mostly on affluent taxpayers and businesses, to pay for it. The idea resurfaced last week with the introduction of two measures. The notion has been kicking around in California political circles for years and at one point, the state Senate passed a single-payer bill, although it stalled in the Assembly for lack of a financing mechanism. Get them all here at the best prices on the internet!Ĭlick the image below for a complete weather forecast.On paper, having one state agency as the exclusive purveyor of health care for 40 million Californians would seem to make sense, replacing dozens of federal, state and private systems and their often bewildering financial and managerial peculiarities.Ĭentralized health care seems to work fairly well in other developed countries, such as Canada and the United Kingdom, with per capita costs somewhat lower than those in the United States. Usually at lower prices than your local store! Spaghetti sauce or salsa mix or pickle mixes? Get them all here, and Need lids, rings and replacement jars? Or pectin to make jam, Sitemap Local Weather Forecast (Scroll down) Lids, Rings, Jars, mixes, pectin, etc. Those copying content from this website and publishing it will be vigorously legally prosecuted. Permission is given to link to any page onīut NOT to copy content and republish it. If you'd like to make aĭonation to help me pay to keep the website going, please make a donation to meĪt Benivia through our secure donation processor. Of the programming, web design and updates myself. does not charge either farmers or consumers! I do all Beekeeper's Associations and beekeeping resources.Northeastern California (Modoc, Lassen and Plumas counties)Ĭalaveras, Alpine, Tuolumine and Mono CountiesĬoastal California Area (Monterey and San Benito counties)Ĭalifornia Area (Fresno, Kings, Merced, Madera, Inyo and TulareĬalifornia (San Diego and Imperial counties).Region (Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties)
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