Senators' Single-Payer Proposal Includes Comp Implications

A bill that would create a single-payer health care system in California — potentially including coverage of workers’ comp medical expenses — would result in costs of about $400 billion a year, according to a fiscal analysis released Tuesday. Senate Bill 562, by Sens. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, and Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, proposes a universal health care system in which Californians would be covered for all medical care without co-pays or deductibles. Patients would not be restricted to networks in choosing a doctor, and wouldn’t need a referral to see a...