Single-Payer Health Bill Fails to Get California Assembly Vote
The California State Capitol building in Sacramento.
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A California Assemblymember dropped his effort to create a state-run health-care system for lack of support Monday.
Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D) and Speaker Anthony Rendon (D) acknowledged they didn’t have enough votes from a majority of members to pass the bill (A.B. 1400) despite Democrats holding more than two-thirds of seats in the legislature’s lower chamber. The system, called CalCare, would have made California the single payer for health insurance for state residents and take the place of employer-provided plans.