Jerry Brown
Rejects Universal Health Care for California
by Joel B. Pollak 23 Mar 2017
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/03/23/jerry-brown-rejects-universal-health-care-california/
California Governor Jerry
Brown blasted President Donald Trump and House Republicans on Wednesday
for their proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare.
But he also rejected the idea of California providing
a single-payer, universal health care system on its own.
State Democrats introduced legislation
to create a single-payer system last month, and Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom
endorsed a similar
proposal earlier this month as part of his campaign to replace Brown in the
2018 elections.
But Brown is throwing cold water on the idea.
First, on Wednesday, the Golden State governor stood on
the steps of the U.S. Capitol and challenged
the president to “come down from Trump Tower.”
“Mr. Trump, come down from Trump Tower and walk among the
people and see the damage that this latest exercise in raw political power will
wreck among the women, the men and the children of this country,” he said, according to
the Sacramento Bee.
He said that the American Health Care Act, which is
slated for a vote on Thursday, was “written by people who don’t know what the
hell they’re talking about.” And he warned: “This is not about health care
reform, this is about disease, death and suffering”
But speaking to reporters later about what California
might do if Obamacare were in fact repealed, Brown rejected the single-payer
alternative preferred by many of his state’s Democrats.
The Los Angeles Times reports:
“I don’t even get it,” said the governor. “How do you do
that?”
He pointed out that the overall cost of medical care in
California is equal to 18% of the state’s gross domestic product, which would
be about $450 billion.
“You take a problem and say I’m going to solve it by
something that’s even a bigger problem, which makes no sense,” he said.
Brown, who has often acted as a brake on Democrats’ plans
for additional government spending, stressed the daunting cost of paying for
health care for everyone: “Where do you get the extra money? This is the
whole question.”
Obamacare
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Note: Barack Obama
signature policy initiative is Obamacare,
and was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
David D. Hiller was
a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, a publisher
& president & CEO for the Los
Angeles Times, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past
Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Kathleen L. Brown
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, Pat Brown’s daughter, Jerry Brown’s sister, and was a treasurer
for the California state government.
Pat
Brown was Kathleen L. Brown
& Jerry Brown’s father, and California state government governor.
Jerry
Brown is Kathleen L. Brown’s
brother, Pat Brown’s son, and the California state government governor.
Gavin
Newsom is the lieutenant governor for the California state government, and was an invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.
George
Soros was married in 2013 & Gavin
Newsom was an invited at his 2013 wedding reception, and the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think
tank), and the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a managing
director at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen
Hamilton is an Obamacare contractor.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Paul F. Anderson
was a senior partner at Booz Allen
Hamilton, and is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
James S.
Crown is the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
John A. Canning
Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a part-owner
in the Chicago Sun-Times.
Gregory E. Favre
was a managing editor at the Chicago
Sun-Times, an executive editor for the Sacramento
Bee, and a VP for the McClatchy
Newspapers, Inc.
Sacramento Bee
is a subsidiary of the McClatchy
Newspapers, Inc.
David D. Hiller is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, and a publisher
& president & CEO for the Los
Angeles Times.
Kathleen L. Brown
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, Pat Brown’s daughter, Jerry Brown’s sister, and was a treasurer
for the California state government.
Pat
Brown was Kathleen L. Brown
& Jerry Brown’s father, and California state government governor.
Jerry
Brown is Kathleen L. Brown’s
brother, Pat Brown’s son, and the California state government governor.
Gavin
Newsom is the lieutenant governor for the California state government, and was an invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.
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