While Massachusetts previous year became the first state wanting each one to purchase health insurance, the proposals in California could come up with an even bolder trial, because the Golden State’s problems are so much larger. “It’s now a bigger face in California,” says Marian Mulkey, a senior program officer at California HealthCare Foundation, a non-profit organization think tank. “That’s not to say it’s insurmountable.”
California health insurance, for example, a predictable 4.9 million people are short of health insurance. That compares with a forecast 500,000 in Massachusetts before its plan began. That’s why politicians from other states along with policy specialists and officials in Congress are watching the California try closely, with its latent to set a nationwide model. Some desire a worldwide program paid for and overseen completely by the government. Some states all individuals must be obligatory to purchase health coverage, while others say such a go-ahead is draconian when premium costs are so high.
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