Consumer Confidential: 50,000 percent markup for a shot makes the case for a single-payer healthcare system
A single-payer healthcare system once again is being talked about for California - the leading candidate for governor supports the idea - and once again the issue is being framed as a debate between starry-eyed dreamers and sober-minded realists.
It doesn't have to be an either/or proposition.
The reality is that California could, and should, serve as a test case for nationwide universal coverage. It wouldn't be easy because this is uncharted territory, requiring, among other things, congressional support for use of federal healthcare dollars.
But that doesn't mean it can't be done, nor does it mean we shouldn't try just because no other state has had the courage or wherewithal to give it a go.
