One of the most notable retrenchments of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s early years in office was his backing away from the idea of a “single payer” form of health care, a cause he loudly championed as a candidate that won him the endorsement of the most powerful nurses’ union in the state.
Now, leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra, once Newsom’s attorney general, secretary of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden and himself a longtime proponent of single payer, appears to be following the same path.
