Gavin Newsom once pledged to implement single-payer health care but later backed away. He signed a bill that takes a tiny step toward it.
Get the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.Receive a weekly digest in your inbox from Dan Walters, who shines a light on how elected officials spend your tax dollars.A nurse checks on a patient in the Emergency Room unit of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight LocalCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom once pledged to implement single-payer health care but later backed away.
Not surprisingly, those who want it were elated when, in 2018, California’s leading Democratic candidate for governor virtually promised to deliver it. “I think that the ideal system is a single-payer system,” Newsom said in 2022 when pressed by reporters about his pledge. “I’ve been consistent with that for well over a decade. … The difference here is when you are in a position of responsibility, you’ve gotta apply, you’ve gotta manifest, the ideal. This is hard work. It’s one thing to say, it’s another to do. And with respect, there are many different pathways to achieve the goal.
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