canada got single payer health care in 2002.
canada got single payer health care in 2002.
when did canada get single payer health care?
2002
several single payer referendums have been proposed at the state level, but so far all have failed to pass: california in 1994, massachusetts in 2000, and oregon in 2002. the state legislature of california twice passed sb 840, the health care for all californians act, a single-payer health care system. both times, governor arnold schwarzenegger (r) vetoed the bill, once in 2006 and again in 2008.
history of health care reform in the united states
section::::political positions.:health care reform.:senate finance committee.









































as chairman of the senate finance committee, baucus called the first senate meeting of interested parties before the committee to discuss health care reform, including representatives from pharmaceutical groups, insurance companies, and hmos and hospital management companies. the meeting was controversial because it did not include representatives from groups calling for single-payer health care.









































section::::political positions.:health care reform.:opposition to single payer health care.
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