California, Oregon eye universal health coverage
Healthcare
Source: healthcaredive.com
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Californians have been asking for single-payer healthcare for years. Newsom signed a bill to jump-start the process.
Faced with an unprecedented staffing crisis, some hospitals are turning to a captive workforce
Many caregivers are paying a high price for fleeing jobs they thought were unsafe or intolerable.
For many Californians, the proposal of a state-run single-payer health system remains a 'pie-in-the-sky' idea, and odds are it could remain that way, especially if leading advocates can't agree on how to get there.