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California Proposition 186, Single-Payer Healthcare System Initiative (1994)
| California Proposition 186 | |
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| Election date November 8, 1994 | |
| Topic Healthcare and Taxes | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 186 was on the ballot as a combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute in California on November 8, 1994. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported creating a single-payer healthcare system to replace private health insurance plans to be funded through existing federal, state, and local healthcare funds as well as taxes on employers, individuals, and cigarettes/tobacco. |
A "no" vote opposed creating a single-payer healthcare system to replace private health insurance plans to be funded through existing federal, state, and local healthcare funds as well as taxes on employers, individuals, and cigarettes/tobacco. |
Proposition 186 would have established a single-payer health care system. Under this system, the California government would have administered and financed health care coverage. This would have replaced most private health insurance programs.
Election results
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California Proposition 186 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 2,212,691 | 26.58% | ||
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6,110,899 | 73.42% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 186 was as follows:
| “ | Health services. Taxes. Initiative constitutional amendment and statute. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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• Establishes health services system with defined medical, prescription drug, long-term, mental health, dental, emergency, other benefits; available to California residents, replacing existing health insurance, premiums, programs. • Services funded by tax upon employers, individuals, with stated exemptions, cigarette/tobacco products surtax, existing federal, state, county health care funds, if authorized; proceeds deposited into Health Security Fund. Health benefit providers, authorized costs, paid from fund. • Elected Health Commissioner administers fund/system, coordinates with federal law. • Provides cost controls; annual expenditure limits based on prior year expenditures, unless adjusted. Creates advisory Policy Board, Consumer Council. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. To get an initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot in 1994, proponents needed to submit 615,958valid signatures.
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