Nearly two-thirds of California voters want to see transformational changes, not minor reforms, to California’s broken health care system.
Today, California Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San José), with the sponsorship of California Nurses Association (CNA), reintroduced Assembly Bill (AB) 1900, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act. AB 1900, also known as CalCare, would enact a comprehensive framework for a single-payer health care coverage system in California at a time when California voters are ready to champion transformational changes in health care.
A new poll conducted by David Binder Research found that nearly two-thirds of California voters want to see transformational changes, not minor reforms, to California’s broken health care system. Uncertainty and anxiety about health care costs have been rising – exacerbated by unprecedented trillion-dollar cuts at the federal level – with more than 40 percent of voters saying it’s become harder to afford health care in the past several years.
“We are proud to work with Assemblymember Kalra and the statewide grassroots movement behind this campaign to make CalCare a reality in 2026,” said Sandy Reding RN and a president of California Nurses Association. “CalCare is a winning issue for California Democrats. Elected representatives in Sacramento have a clear public mandate to pass CalCare. From Prop. 50’s passage to Zohran Mamdani’s election to this new poll on California’s health care system, Democratic voters across the country have made it clear they strongly support a bold response to the right-wing billionaire agenda and a transformative vision for the country.”
An overwhelming majority of Democrats – 86 percent – support single-payer health care, according to data released this week. The poll also shows that more than three-quarters of Democrats are more likely to support a candidate for governor if they were to run on creating a single-payer system.
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