{"id":9237,"date":"2023-02-17T17:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T00:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9237"},"modified":"2023-02-17T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T00:08:29","slug":"dems-restart-effort-to-destroy-ca-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9237","title":{"rendered":"Dems Restart Effort to Destroy CA Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advocates for a government takeover of California\u2019s health care system are back again,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252&amp;id=679384eb39&amp;e=c022a8ef23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252%26id%3D679384eb39%26e%3Dc022a8ef23&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676764778550000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2jcuW4amMyLPkxQuc1ytrL\">kicking off a two-year effort to abolish private insurance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, any single-payer health care system would:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252&amp;id=23a8644cd7&amp;e=c022a8ef23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252%26id%3D23a8644cd7%26e%3Dc022a8ef23&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676764778550000&amp;usg=AOvVaw17Y5CmbyPX6Zxj82R_U5Ig\">Raid seniors\u2019 Medicare funds<\/a>\u00a0to give benefits to people who never paid into the system.<\/li>\n<li>Kick every Californian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252&amp;id=6ad8db3f08&amp;e=c022a8ef23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252%26id%3D6ad8db3f08%26e%3Dc022a8ef23&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676764778550000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0odeKwmx8Q49AT1bhr5epw\">off their existing insurance plan<\/a>, no matter how much they like it.<\/li>\n<li>Impose the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252&amp;id=4413cd052c&amp;e=c022a8ef23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252%26id%3D4413cd052c%26e%3Dc022a8ef23&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676764778550000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BzHloxMjGJ6kW4VEtRTiQ\">largest state tax increase in history<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Put a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252&amp;id=65a6583280&amp;e=c022a8ef23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252%26id%3D65a6583280%26e%3Dc022a8ef23&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676764778550000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3NJO1OcEfTtVYddapNZAt5\">government agency like the DMV<\/a>\u00a0in charge of the state\u2019s health care system.<\/li>\n<li>Hurt patients with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252&amp;id=c5f26d4001&amp;e=c022a8ef23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252%26id%3Dc5f26d4001%26e%3Dc022a8ef23&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676764778550000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3k3M65n_OlnDXBOq4tRu3v\">long wait times, rationing and lower quality care<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252&amp;id=bceadec953&amp;e=c022a8ef23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252%26id%3Dbceadec953%26e%3Dc022a8ef23&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676764778551000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2aecOoGFTE0efeE6vwm01A\">Threaten rural hospitals<\/a>\u00a0that are already struggling to remain open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher statement: \u201cCalifornians deserve quality health care. A government-run system would give them the opposite. Assembly Democrats will have to choose between destroying our state\u2019s health care system and alienating their supporters in the radical left.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocates for a government takeover of California\u2019s health care system are back again,\u00a0kicking off a two-year effort to abolish private insurance. As a reminder, any single-payer health care system would: Raid seniors\u2019 Medicare funds\u00a0to give benefits to people who never paid into the system. Kick every Californian\u00a0off their existing insurance plan, no matter how much&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dems Restart Effort to Destroy CA Health Care - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9237\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dems Restart Effort to Destroy CA Health Care - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Advocates for a government takeover of California\u2019s health care system are back again,\u00a0kicking off a two-year effort to abolish private insurance. 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