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Re:California bans private prisons by triceratops on Friday September 13, 2019 @02:57AM (#20959834)
> They totally could but for some reason no state does

No state alone can, because it would have (or at least would fear) a large influx of people coming for the free healthcare. If enough states set up their own systems and make them interoperable, it might have some legs. I hear rumblings of this from time to time,

What I meant was a federally-mandated, state-implemented system. Federal law can define a minimum level of healthcare that every state is obligated to provide. States set up and administer their own systems, any way they want - single-payer, mandatory private insurance etc. Isn't that how Canada actually does it?

It handles the "US is too big" objection to universal healthcare that everyone loves to bring up, by moving the systems to a lower level.

Re:California bans private prisons by arcticbull on Friday September 13, 2019 @03:23AM (#20959936)
That is in fact how Canada handles it. The Canada health act defines minimum standard of care and the provinces each implement a single payer system.