SAN FRANCISCO — Four California governor hopefuls made big promises on single-payer health care but skimped on details Sunday during a candidate forum at a health workers’ union conference in San Francisco.
The candidates — state Sen. Toni Atkins, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, state Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond and former state Controller Betty Yee — all said they supported establishing a single-payer health care system in California, renewing aspiration for a lofty goal progressives have tried but failed to accomplish on state and national stages.
But none offered a definitive plan to pay for the proposal, or said how it would get federal approval should former President Donald Trump return to the White House…