Many lawmakers who wouldn’t have voted for the bill still could be persuaded to support future legislation, Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) said.
, the author mercifully killed the bill himself. It was smart — the only possible move that made sense.
“What we wanted to do was to see who was really solid and who was not, so we would know who to work with and who not to reelect into office,” the CNA leader said. “Those who were against single-payer, they are not worth being reelected.”Assembly Bill 1400 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra did not have the necessary votes to move forward ahead of a key deadline Monday.
But once a bill is blown out, he noted, “It’s harder to get them on board. They will have exposed themselves. And they will have won reelection not having voted for single-payer. That hardens their position.” It’s called single-payer because only one entity — state government — would pay providers for healthcare. Insurance companies would be booted aside.The contentious single-payer healthcare bill, AB 1400, sailed through the Assembly Appropriations Committee on a party-line 11-3 vote without any discussion, columnist George Skelton writes.
Medicare recipients are primarily seniors 65 and over. They’re high-propensity voters. And the ones I know wouldn’t like the state meddling with their healthcare. They’d be nervous about being forced into a system run by Sacramento, which tends to fumble the ball. “Medicare is a good program. That’s why people use ‘Medicare-for-all’ as a slogan” for universal coverage, says single-payer supporter Anthony Wright, executive director of Healthcare Access California, an advocacy group.
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