Matters of Policy & Politics

Matters Of Policy & Politics: Single Payer, Multiple Headaches?

What effects a single-payer system would have on California’s economy and outbound migration.

Matters of Policy & PoliticsJanuary 13, 2022
Matters Of Policy & Politics: Single Payer, Multiple Headaches?

A big news week in Sacramento includes Governor Newsom unveiling a record $286 billion budget proposal and a Democratic lawmaker offering a massive tax increase to cover the cost of a statewide single-payer healthcare system. Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover’s “California on Your Mind” web channel, join Hoover senior writer Jonathan Movroydis to discuss what Newsom’s spending blueprint says about California’s priorities and what effects a single-payer system would have on California’s economy and outbound migration.

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Lee Ohanian

Lee Ohanian

Bill Whalen

Bill Whalen

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