Im betting it doesnt happen next year or the year after, the estimated cost even if cut in half i doubles californias budget
Single-payer healthcare is not going to happen in California - at least this year. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is holding the bill in the Rules Committee until further notice, saying the bill was "woefully inadequate."
SB 562 passed the Senate a few weeks back, just after the cost estimate of $400 billion a year (more than double the state budget!) was released and considerably dimmed the measure's popularity. At the time Dems said they'd get all of those little details worked out in committee then bring the bill back to the Senate, but Rendon's decision stopped that for now.
As one who's watched Sacramento closely over the last four years, Rendon's move is stunning. During this era of almost unchecked Democrat power, skeletal bills are passed and signed into law routinely, and then bureaucrats decide the details later in the form of regulations. Last year's slate of gun control bills (Gunpocalypse) are a glaring example of this practice. Nearly a year after they were signed, the Department of Justice has yet to promulgate regulations and is asking for extra time to so. In addition, DOJ came back to the legislature this year with a "Budget Change Proposal" asking for millions of additional dollars to implement the legislation - because the proper financial analysis wasn't performed during the legislative process.
With that background, it's apparent that the threshold for "adequate" is very low in Sacramento. Rendon's full statement is a huge slam on Sen. Ricardo Lara and Sen. Toni Atkins, the sponsors of SB 562. Noting the most recent alleged "repeal and replace" legislation in Washington, DC, Rendon said:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jennif...pport-n2346150
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Originally Posted by Green Arrow
