This time on Code WACK! California has debated a single-payer healthcare system for decades, but <a href= "https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/newsroom/blog/unified-financing-key-considerations-report"> a new UCLA report</a> commissioned by the California Health and Human Services Agency under <a href= "https://healthyca.org/sb770/">Senate Bill 770</a> could reshape the conversation. In this episode, Michael Lighty, president of <a href= "https://healthyca.org/">Healthy California Now</a>, explains how the report moves the debate from cost to equity.  This is the second of <a href= "https://heal-ca.org/californias-next-governor-could-transform-healthcare-or-gut-it-becerra-vs-hilton/"> two episodes</a> with Michael Lighty. Check out the <a href= "https://heal-ca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Transcript-Lighty-8-03-26.pdf"> Transcript</a> and <a href= "https://heal-ca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Show-Notes-Lighty-8-03-26.pdf"> Show Notes</a> for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a <a href= "http://heal-ca.org/donate">tax-deductible donation</a>.

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