Other states will be watching the debate play out in Sacramento. Earlier this month, a California assembly committee approved two measures to overhaul the state's health care system and provide ...

As California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s position remains contentious, many looking to keep him in office are looking for state insurance reform in return. Healthcare unions, including the National Union of ...

Robert Pollin, PhD, a distinguished professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, not only believes a single-payer healthcare system is possible in California, but that it could ...

Billionaire and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer (D) on Tuesday said the United States needs a single-payer health care system. “Bernie Sanders was right. We need single-payer health care ...

It takes only three letters to explain why the idea of single-payer health insurance keeps getting shot down quickly in the California Legislature: EDD. No program in state, city or local government ...

(INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) — Former Health and Human Services Secretary and candidate for California governor Xavier Becerra threw his support behind efforts to redraw the Golden State’s ...

A bill transforming California’s healthcare system into a single-payer model would cost $400 billion, a sum that widely surpasses the state’s $125 billion budget. According to a legislative analysis, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon explained his opposition to SB 562, creating a single-payer health plan in California. Speaking on Eyewitness Newsmakers, Rendon said he is in ...

Governor Gavin Newsom wants to slash prescription prices. ABC7 News was at Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco, where it was announced that San Francisco, Santa Clara and Alameda Counties have ...