Timeline for How could California finance a single-payer healthcare scheme with only a payroll tax
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| Jun 5, 2017 at 20:29 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | A lot of the compromises that ACA made to get those who worried it would be too radical on board pretty much doomed it to be too tepid to ever be anything than a "first step" measure. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 17:33 | comment | added | tj1000 | The answer is - they could finance it with a large enough payroll tax, as I said. It will be a fairly hefty tax, and people currently on a corporate plan will oppose it as it will cost the more (the employer, relieved of the health care burden, probably won't raise their pay by an equivalent amount), but Cal could try that. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 17:22 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jun 5, 2017 at 17:19 | comment | added | einpoklum | While your explanation of what the plan would be is useful, it is not an answer to my question. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 16:42 | comment | added | user1530 | I know a few other states are beginning to mumble about this as well. Would be interesting to see if one or two states go this route. Could be like the legalize marijuana...once one goes, the rest quickly follow... | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 16:31 | history | answered | tj1000 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |