‘We Did Not Have The Votes’: Legislator Kills Bill For Single-Payer In California

Feb. 1— SACRAMENTO— Progressives' goal to make California the first state to create a single-payer health care system was dashed on Monday after a Bay Area legislator decided not to bring the bill up for a floor vote. Assembly Member Ash Kalra, D- San Jose, said he shelved AB1400, his bill to create a state-run system, because it did not have the support of enough…