2003/01/01 by Daniel J. B. Mitchell · 1 citation
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Healthcare Policy and Management
paper · doi:10.2307/41172162
openalex publication_date 2003/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/05
In the mid-1940s, Governor Earl Warren failed to obtain legislative enactment of a universal single-payer state health insurance plan for California workers. Had he succeeded, the California example might well have been emulated by other states, producing a very different state and national health care system than what actually developed. But a combination of miscalculation on Warren's part and divided support from organized labor doomed three separate versions of tfie Warren health plan.