By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--August 28, 2018
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“It needs to be pulled into the governor’s office. The executive needs to lead it. Obamacare would not have happened if it was just exclusively a legislative fiat. That said, Nancy Pelosi did a magical job of organizing it. But it required concerted contributions of the president of the United States. The only way in a state whose population is larger than 163 nations–California’s economy is larger than all but four nations, the fifth largest economy – to approximate a strategy for universal health care is with the support and concurrence of the governor. And that’s frankly not an indictment; it’s just been what’s missing in the past.”
“I did universal health care when I was mayor– fully implemented, regardless of pre-existing condition, ability to pay, and regardless of your immigration status. San Francisco is the only universal health care plan for all undocumented residents in America. Very proud of that, and we proved it could be done without bankrupting the city. I’d like to see that we could extend that to the rest of the state.”That sounds like a yes! So, if you were laboring under the delusion that California’s economic situation wasn’t already unsustainable, we have some very bad news. You’ve got a new reason to be pessimistic.
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