
California’s health care landscape today would probably disappoint the Gavin Newsom who spent much of 2017 and 2018 on the road, campaigning to become governor.
Before taking over as California’s top executive, Newsom, who had previously done a high-profile stint as San Francisco’s mayor, loudly espoused a single-payer system of care under which the state would be the sole supplier of health coverage and everybody would be included.