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Alexei Koseff, CalMatters.org

BC Guest Commentator Alexei Koseff covers Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Legislature and California government from Sacramento. He joined CalMatters in January 2022 after previously reporting on the Capitol for The Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Chronicle, where he broke the story of Newsom's infamous dinner at The French Laundry restaurant. Alexei is a Bay Area native and attended Stanford University. He speaks fluent Spanish.

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Why Single Payer Died in the California Legislature, Again

By Alexei Koseff, CalMatters.org Guest Commentator

The single-payer measure, Assembly Bill 1400, was the latest attempt to deliver on a longtime priority of Democratic Party faithful to get private insurers and profit margins out of health care.

IN SUMMARY A bill for single-payer health care in California didn’t even get a vote in the state Assembly after its author couldn’t round up enough…

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