Newsom makes health care the centerpiece of California’s resistance to Trump

By artappraiser on Sun, 01/27/2019 - 11:30am |

If his health care innovations work, Newsom could emerge as a hero of the Democratic Party.

By Victoria Colliver @ Politico.com, Jan. 27

[....] Unlike the other 2020 candidates pushing universal health care, Newsom’s policies aren’t just theoretical Washington talk, so there’s much more at risk. If his innovations in expanding Obamacare, extending Medicaid to undocumented immigrants — itself a jab at Trump’s hard-line immigration policies — and negotiating lower drug prices work, he could emerge as a hero of the Democratic Party. His policies could be templates for candidates pushing ahead on universal health care — an aspiration shared by Democrats even if they are still divided on what specific policies to pursue and how quickly to pursue them [....]

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/27/california-gavin-newsom-health-care-1096727