Affordable Care Act – Page 2

Assembly Rules Passes Single-Payer Health Care Bill Without Funding Source

January 6, 2022 4:05 pmJanuary 8, 2022 7:22 pm

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 was introduced Wednesday in the California Legislature to enact significant tax increases to fund universal single-payer health care coverage in California, the Globe reported. Thursday, Assembly Bill 1400, the “Guaranteed Health Care for All” state-run healthcare...

Texas Sues California Over Banning of Nonessential State-Funded Travel to 11 States

February 11, 2020 3:15 pmFebruary 12, 2020 8:16 am

On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ted Paxton filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court, suing the state of California over their state travel ban to 11 states. The California travel ban Between 2016 and 2018, California banned travel to...

Showboating California AG Sues Trump Administration Over Technical Abortion Measure

February 6, 2020 2:57 pmFebruary 7, 2020 8:48 am

Somebody who casually glanced at California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s press release on his “Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Attack on Healthcare Access and Reproductive Rights” declaring determination to fight “another Trump Administration attack on women,” could be forgiven for thinking...

As Fifth Circuit Court Strikes Down Affordable Care Act, Gov. Gavin Newsom Drills Down on Single Payer

December 19, 2019 8:05 amDecember 19, 2019 8:13 am

As a three-judge panel with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s individual mandate this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he will pursue single payer for California. To enact a single-payer system, California...

California Becomes First State to Allow Illegal Aliens Taxpayer-Funded Health Insurance

July 10, 2019 10:40 amJuly 11, 2019 9:37 am

California just achieved another first, but it may not be something to crow about. California became the first state to provide taxpayer-funded health coverage to illegal aliens age 19 to 25. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law...

California Legislature Passes Health Insurance Individual Mandate Penalty

June 25, 2019 6:40 amJanuary 16, 2020 12:19 pm

Despite that 93 percent of Californians have health insurance, the California Legislature voted Monday to tax California citizens who do not buy health insurance. This penalty revenue will be used to fund health insurance subsidies to encourage more people to purchase...

Restoring Obamacare in California

June 11, 2019 2:44 pmJune 12, 2019 10:36 am

“On his first day in office, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a sweeping health care plan that would prop up the Affordable Care Act, expand health care for undocumented immigrants and give the state new powers to negotiate drug prices.” That...