Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2018
Single payer health care in California: here’s what it would take
25 May 2018 - If wholesale opposition to President Trump is one litmus test for progressive Democrats, another — as the governor’s race in California is proving — is health care.
All the leading Democratic contenders in the June 5 primary have pledged support for a single-payer system run by the state. The front-runner, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco, has made it the centerpiece of his campaign.
“There’s no reason to wait around on universal health care and single-payer in California,” he has declared.
