There's no excuse for the Assembly Speaker delaying the single-payer bill.

[Hoyt]

3. Funding and the fear of telling constituents their taxes would increase 17%, beat Vermont's efforts.

Guess they felt constituents wouldn't understand that 17% point increase in taxes offset premiums.

If California fails, single payer is through nationally -- putting even more lives at risk.

I'm disappointed California delayed this, but the funding mechanism is a major point since it involves tax increases which Californians don't like. There is no guarantee the Trump admin is going to help California with transitioning Medicare and Medicaid funds to a state single payer system. If California has to carve those out of the single payer plan, it will be very difficult to make it work.