“We are not gonna give up on our patients,” said California Nurses Association president Sandy Reding. “We are there when they take their first breath, we are there when they take their last breath. We will prevail.”

By Brett Wilkins.  Published 1-31-2022 by Common Dreams,

Advocates for A.B. 1400, California’s single-payer healthcare bill, pose for a photo at one of the numerous automobile caravan rallies promoting the measure. (Photo: National Nurses United)

California progressives on Monday expressed shock and outrage as a bill that, if passed, would have delivered single-payer healthcare coverage to the nation’s most populous state was withdrawn from a highly anticipated floor vote in the state Assembly.

Minutes before A.B. 1400—the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act—was scheduled for a floor vote in the California State Assembly, co-author Ash Kalra (D-27) pulled the measure from consideration. Monday was the last day for the bill on the legislative calendar. Continue reading →