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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Single-Payer Movement Provides Outlet For Stymied Liberals' Sweeping Health Care Agendas
The New York Times: The Single-Payer Party? Democrats Shift Left On Health Care
For years, Republicans savaged Democrats for supporting the Affordable Care Act, branding the law — with some rhetorical license — as a government takeover of health care. Now, cast out of power in Washington and most state capitals, Democrats and activist leaders seeking political redemption have embraced an unlikely-seeming cause: an actual government takeover of health care. (Burns and Medina, 6/3)
San Francisco Chronicle: How A Single-Payer Health Plan Would Look In California
Imagine if any California resident could walk into a hospital or clinic — penniless — to see a doctor about whatever health condition was bothering them. That’s the scenario state senators envisioned when they pushed through SB562 this week, a bill that proposes a universal health system in California that would ensure that every resident would have access to health care, regardless of wealth or employment status, age or pre-existing medical condition. (Ho, 6/3)
