# California proposes UHC again, another empty promise to give false hope to their voters?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 8, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-proposes-uhc-again-another-empty-promise-to-give-false-hope-to-their-voters/957413 "2022-01-08T07:03:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-proposes-uhc-again-another-empty-promise-to-give-false-hope-to-their-voters/957413/41 "2022-02-02T20:54:08Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> This is a bad idea… to do by state by state. It has to be nationwide.

The way the US is today, it’s essentially impossible to do on a national level, and I don’t see that changing any time soon. At least on a state level, more rational states can make the change, and let their citizens benefit from it.

Maybe with a few years of evidence that society won’t collapse even if this happens in the US, the stupider states will finally figure it out.

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**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-proposes-uhc-again-another-empty-promise-to-give-false-hope-to-their-voters/957413/42 "2022-02-02T20:59:13Z")

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> [@Slight\_Off\_Hand](#):
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> In Canada the healthcare is provincial. The provinces get federal money based on their following the guidelines of the Canada Health Act but the system is not a federal system. It is managed province by province.
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> note: this is the best of my understanding as a Canadian. I’m not an expert and have never really looked into it.

This is correct. But for the history of the development of the Canadian system, it’s worth noting that it started with [a single province deciding to do it](https://archive.healthcoalition.ca/tools-and-resources/history-of-canadas-public-health-care/).

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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-proposes-uhc-again-another-empty-promise-to-give-false-hope-to-their-voters/957413/43 "2022-02-05T18:58:46Z")

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> [@Horatius](#):
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> The way the US is today, it’s essentially impossible to do on a national level, and I don’t see that changing any time soon. At least on a state level, more rational states can make the change, and let their citizens benefit from it.
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> Maybe with a few years of evidence that society won’t collapse even if this happens in the US, the stupider states will finally figure it out.

Thank-you - came here to post this.

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