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California Democrats made a surprise move late Friday to foil President Trump’s promise to repeal ObamaCare—by introducing a stand-alone, single-payer healthcare system in California.
The Mercury News reported that two California lawmakers Friday introduced legislation to replace private insurance with a government-run health care system covering all 38 million Californians—including its undocumented residents.

“We’ve reached this pivotal moment,” Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), told the Mercury News in an interview Friday, “and I thought to myself: `Look, now more than ever is the time to talk about universal health care.’”

The article went on to report that the proposal dubbed the ‘Healthy California Act’, introduced by Lara and former Assembly Speaker, now State Senator Toni Atkins, (D-San Diego) — was submitted just before the deadline for new legislation—and for such a sweeping proposal, it remarkably short on specifics.

Atkins said in a prepared statement obtained by Mercury News, “In light of threats to the Affordable Care Act, it’s important that we are looking at all options to continue to expand and maintain access to health care. The Healthy California Act is an essential part of that conversation.”

After a week that has brought California’s crumbling infrastructure into focus—as back to back storms threatened the nation’s tallest dam in Oroville, California, and forced Gov. Brown to request Federal Emergency Funds from President Trump— Brown and Democrat legislators have come under scathing criticism for squandering money on benefits for illegal aliens and public sector unions at the expense of critically-needed infrastructure.

Only California Democrats would launch a new social program with no specific details or any identifiable funding source in a state that is perpetually broke, and where ObamaCare is unpopular with over 46% of voters—including a lot of Democrats.

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/02/18/california-goes-one-step-beyond-obamacare-proposes-single-payer-healthcare-system-include-illegal-aliens/

pafret Loc: Northeast

This would be a good time to tell California their request for secession has been approved. They can bail themselves out of their disaster and add more mandated funds to their budget. After all, California has the world's fifth largest economy or whatever number thy use to justify separatism.
After they give all illegals health insurance, how long will it be before they are asking the rest of us to bail them out? Roads, retaining walls and dams don't come free and if California has money to support illegals they can build their own infrastructure and keep their hands out of my pockets.

Those brilliant Californians didn't learn a thing from Obamacare or Romneycare.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

They could do like the Greek 300 and build a retaining wall out of illegals.

pafret Loc: Northeast

We need to recruit a lot of Conservatives to form the Hoplite Phalanx Brigade. Xiphos, Spears and AK47's. You need the Xiphos to behead refugees, who got tired of Tofu and tried to cross the border.

Hey, is it possible that most Californians suffer from Tofu Poisoning? Too much Soy causes brain damage.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

They must bathe in it.