Gavin Newsom has made his most explicit endorsement yet of a controversial single-payer healthcare proposal that has roiled Democratic politics in California. Newsom appeared Friday before the California Nurses Assn., the most ardent backers of SB 562, a stalled bill to establish a system in which the state would cover all residents' healthcare costs. "There’s no reason to wait around on universal healthcare and single-payer in California," Newsom said. We will have universal healthcare in the state of California." But speaking to reporters after his address, Newsom was less clear in embracing the specifics of the proposal.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 22, 2017 18:17 UTC