SACRAMENTO — There’s no bigger litmus test in the California Democratic Party than where a politician stands on single-payer healthcare. But the anemic performance and unspectacular demise last week ...

Two weeks ago, Assembly Bill 1400, a bill that would have cleared a pathway for single-payer, Medicare for All–style health care for the good people of California in the form of “CalCare,” suffered an ...

Supporters of single-payer health care in Sacramento, California. (AP / Rich Pedroncelli) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers ...

Health care has emerged as one of the flash points in the Democratic presidential race. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has been a longtime supporter of a concept he calls "Medicare for All," a health ...

As hospitals and health systems face increasing pressure to maintain margins and secure sustainable reimbursement, a growing number of leaders are turning to an old business truth: What gets measured, ...

As Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act continue in the background, some Democrats are starting to eye a new health policy goal: implementing a single-payer system. Sen.

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NPR's Julie Rovner reports on another proposal that's being sidelined in the current health care debate on Capitol Hill – the Health Americans Act, sponsored by two senators who believe they may be ...

SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers declined to vote on a high-profile effort to overhaul California’s healthcare system on Monday, putting an end to a proposal that would have guaranteed medical coverage to every ...