Universal Health Care in California: $17 Billion a Year, Says One Estimate
Universal health care in California could cost $17.3 billion a year, under one plan proposed Friday by UC Berkeley health policy researchers. The paper offers one path for getting about 3 million uninsured Californians health coverage. It is one of several recent estimates from researchers and legislators who have devised various ways to work toward universal coverage in the state. It is not a plan for a single-payer system. The figure is significantly higher than other analy
