67 Tax for
Emergency Medical Services
Initiative / Constitutional Amendment

State and U.S. laws say that any person who needs emergency medical care must be given care even if they cannot pay. State and county governments cover only part of those unpaid costs. California hospitals and doctors reported that unpaid emergency medical services cost them about $540 million a few years ago. The cost now is not known.
 

Provide new money for emergency services by adding a 3% tax on in-state phone calls. Most of this money would go to hospitals and doctors, and some would support urgent care clinics and other emergency services. The phone tax would be limited to 50 cents each month for residential phones. There would be no limit for business phones and cell phones.
 

The new phone tax would bring in about $500 million for new spending on emergency services. Prop 67 would also lock in about $32 million of current state spending on these services.
 

Arguments for Prop 67:		Arguments against Prop 67:
Emergency rooms have been closing. Prop 67 will help make sure emergency medical care is available close by when you need it. website		We don’t need another tax that hurts business and consumers. Prop 67 does nothing to help more people get basic health care. website