On 5/1/2017 6:40 PM, Mike Powell wrote to Matt Munson:

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-> > Enter SB 562, California~s effort in having a single payer health care
-> system.
-> > Co-written
-> > by Senators Lara and Atkins it is called the ~Healthy California Act~,
where
-> > the authors
-> > strive to improve access to health care. I agree that something should be
-> done
-> > when
-> > insurance premiums are approaching almost 10 thousand dollars for a
family.
-> > However,
-> > the bad point of the bill is no private option.
-> 
-> People don't believe that you cannot have socialized medicine if you offer a
-> private option.  I was told that years ago but did not believe it.  As I
have
-> gotten older, I do.  I think that is what has happened with ACA, sort of,
-> except that the young folks they expected to get on it to keep it afloat
took
-> the "option" of no care.  Meanwhile, those who could afford private (and who
-> were likely more-healthy) did that.
-> 
-> Without forcing everyone onto the same system (no private option), you
cannot
-> force the healthy and wealthy to subsidize the rest.  Taxes would be too
high
-> to force them to pay for it that way, so you have to get them on the same
-> system as the rest.
-> 
-> Those of us that would want choice will never get it again if they ever go
-> that route.
-> 
People would be on the public option automatically, but would also be given the
option of 
private supplemental coverage. California bill would make private supplemental 
coverage illegal. 
 
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