81% of voters agree with the statement "it should be public policy that government guarantee that all Californians have access to affordable health care insurance or other health care coverage."
Source: Field Poll, "California Voter Views of the Health Care System (Part 1 of 2)," January 3, 2007.
The hidden tax constitutes 17 percent of health care premiums in california and equals $455 annually for a single person's premium and $1,186 for a family's premium. Medi-Cal underfunding contributes another 7 percent to the hidden tax.