Gavin Newsom's new commission exploring the viability of bringing government-run, single-payer health care to the Golden State met for the first time. As a California-based health care scholar who's studied single-payer for more than 30 years, I hoped Newsom would ask me to join the business leaders, medical professionals and health policy experts on the commission. Implementing single-payer in California is not only financially impossible – it would diminish the quality of care for patients. OBAMACARE ARCHITECT REJECTS SANDERS, WARREN HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS: 'I'M NOT AN ADVOCATE'California has flirted with single-payer for years. A study funded by the California Nurses Association claimed that single-payer would only cost $331 billion.

Source: Fox News February 02, 2020 16:07 UTC