Single-Payer Proposal Returns to Legislature

A California lawmaker is gearing up for a third run at creating a single-payer health care system that once again would defer to an advisory board the question of how to handle medical treatment for workplace injuries. Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, on Thursday introduced AB 1900, which would create the California Guaranteed Health Care for All program to provide comprehensive, universal single-payer health care coverage. The bill would also create a nine-member board that would be tasked with organizing, administering, marketing and implementing the single-payer program. The boar...