There’s no bigger litmus test in the California Democratic Party than where a politician stands on single-payer healthcare. California Single-payer healthcare proposal fizzles in California Assembly Assembly Bill 1400 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) did not have the necessary votes to move forward ahead of a key deadline Monday. “I support single-payer and fully intended to vote yes on this bill.”Rendon said single-payer is more than an ideological litmus test in California. To think Donald Trump was going to give you a federal waiver so California could do single-payer is absurd. Hsiao said under AB 1400, California lawmakers were also considering a plan with “too many unknowns.““AB 1400 tried to take a huge quantum leap from where you are to an idealistic plan,” he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 07, 2022 23:28 UTC