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Health Care Reform

SB 840 (Kuehl): The California Universal Healthcare Act
A viable and affordable solution for the health care crisis
Introduced February 23 and amended April 28, 2007

In-Depth Questions and Answers

For your reading convenience, answers to questions have been organized by topic. Answers are extensively footnoted with sources.

• Single payer universal health care
• Universal health care versus private health insurance
• Health care coverage
• Quality of care issues
• Affordability issues
• Health insurance issues
• Stakeholder issues
• Myths and misconceptions
• Funding the system
• Cost management
• Governance of the system