{"id":2615084,"date":"2026-06-17T09:33:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-memoryholes-support-for-universal-health-care-as-he-jockeys-for-the-white-house\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:37:09","slug":"newsom-memoryholes-support-for-universal-health-care-as-he-jockeys-for-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-memoryholes-support-for-universal-health-care-as-he-jockeys-for-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Memoryholes Support For Universal Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsom-memoryholes-support-for-universal-health-care-as-he-jockeys-for-the-white-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2615084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California Governor Gavin Newsom has publicly criticized President Trump\u2019s authoritarian approach and claimed there is a \u201crule of Don\u201d instead of the rule of law. However, critics argue that Newsom himself has been disregarding legal requirements that conflict with his political ambitions, particularly regarding his support for single-payer healthcare-a policy that helped elect him but faces meaningful obstacles. <\/p>\n<p>In October 2023,Newsom signed SB 770,which aimed to establish a unified healthcare financing system,including single-payer. The law mandated the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS) to produce specific reports by set deadlines. though, records obtained through public requests reveal delays and incomplete compliance. The UCLA report provided was not publicly available on CalHHS\u2019s official site, did not meet the law\u2019s detailed requirements, and failed to include legally mandated language for federal waiver applications. furthermore, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-blocks-biden-admins-guidance-allowing-biological-males-in-girls-school-bathrooms\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Blocks Biden Admin\u2019s Guidance Allowing Biological Males In Girls\u2019 School Bathrooms\">required public comment period<\/a> was effectively ignored after an initial webinar, with plans for stakeholder input seemingly sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>despite initial promises from Newsom to pursue universal health care regardless of federal approval obstacles, the administration appears to have moved away from implementing SB 770, possibly to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >avoid scrutiny amid shifting political strategies<\/a>. Newsom\u2019s past statements in 2017 pledged to push for single-payer,but current actions suggest a reluctance to face the political and legal challenges involved. The press largely remains silent on these discrepancies, and advocates for single-payer are frustrated by the administration\u2019s apparent retreat from these commitments.<\/p>\n<p>critics view Newsom\u2019s handling of single-payer healthcare as opportunistic and inconsistent, revealing how political ambitions and public promises have been undermined by delays and avoidance. the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nuclear-agency-struggles-to-rescind-firings-of-important-staff-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Nuclear agency struggles to rescind firings of important staff - Washington Examiner\">situation highlights broader issues<\/a> of accountability and openness in health policy efforts within California.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>California\u00a0Gov.\u00a0Gavin Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/gavin-newsom-davos-rule-of-don-trump-2026-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denounced<\/a> what he views as President Trump\u2019s authoritarianism:\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0no rule of law.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0the rule of Don.\u201d\u00a0He should\u00a0talk, because\u00a0he\u00a0knows of which\u00a0he\u00a0speaks. <\/p>\n<p>In recent months, the Golden State has\u00a0witnessed\u00a0the\u00a0\u201crule of Gavin,\u201d\u00a0meaning whatever legal requirements hinder\u00a0Newsom\u2019s presidential ambitions\u00a0get\u00a0ignored. At issue is the policy that\u00a0arguably got\u00a0Newsom\u00a0elected\u00a0governor, and\u00a0could unravel his future presidential campaign: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-democrats-behind-ocasio-cortez-win-looking-to-primary-joe-manchin-kyrsten-sinema\/\" title=\"Progressive Democrats Behind Ocasio-Cortez Win Looking To Primary Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema\">single-payer\u00a0health care<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, Newsom signed <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 770<\/a> regarding\u00a0a unified\u00a0health care\u00a0financing framework\u00a0\u201csuch as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Dem Senate Candidate Announces Support for Medicare for All\">single-payer\u00a0health care\u00a0system<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0The law required\u00a0the California Health and Human Services Agency\u00a0(CalHHS)\u00a0to\u00a0submit\u00a0three reports: an interim report by January 1, 2025; a draft waiver framework by June 1, 2025; and a finalized waiver framework by November 1, 2025. This past March, I\u00a0submitted\u00a0public records requests of\u00a0CalHHS\u00a0for these documents, the first of which was more than a year overdue. <\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0department eventually sent me <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpolicy.ucla.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-04\/pathways-to-UF-research-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a link to a report<\/a> published by\u00a0the University of California, Los Angeles\u00a0(UCLA),\u00a0in late April. The document\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0be found anywhere on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chhs.ca.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CalHHS\u2019\u00a0own website<\/a> \u2014 one\u00a0indication\u00a0of how badly Newsom wants to ignore\u00a0SB\u00a0770 and single-payer. More importantly, the document\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0comply with\u00a0the\u00a0requirements of the law Newsom signed. <\/p>\n<p>For instance, SB\u00a0770 states that the\u00a0finalized waiver framework\u00a0shall\u00a0\u201cset\u00a0forth the specific elements to be included in a formal waiver application.\u201d\u00a0By contrast, the UCLA document\u00a0states\u00a0that\u00a0\u201cthe specific details\u00a0of what\u00a0federal waivers and types of legislation are\u00a0required\u00a0to implement unified financing are beyond the scope of this report. Therefore, the key design considerations discussed in this chapter assume that these issues are resolved.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>SB\u00a0770 specified that\u00a0CalHHS\u00a0\u201cshall, no later than January 1, 2025, also propose statutory language \u2026 authorizing the development and submission of applications to the federal government for waivers\u201d\u00a0to implement the new system. The UCLA report includes no such language, more than a year after that statutory deadline. <\/p>\n<p>SB\u00a0770 also\u00a0required\u00a0\u201ca 45-day public comment period\u201d\u00a0between publication of a draft framework and the finalized waiver. Comments that UCLA collected around\u00a0an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chhs.ca.gov\/sb770meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">August 2024 webinar<\/a> discussed how\u00a0\u201cmultiple organizations seek inclusion in SB\u00a0770 discussions to ensure their concerns are addressed.\u201d\u00a0But any public engagement evaporated after that\u00a0webinar, and UCLA completed its report behind closed doors. <\/p>\n<p>Even someone with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2026\/02\/23\/gov_gavin_newsom_im_like_you_im_no_better_than_you_im_a_960_sat_guy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">960 SAT score<\/a> can understand that an options document written by university professors\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0make the\u00a0specific policy\u00a0decisions\u00a0that Newsom committed himself to by signing SB\u00a0770.\u00a0Even someone with a 960 SAT score knows why: because single-payer health care exposes Newsom as a\u00a0smarmy\u00a0politician who will say anything to get elected. <\/p>\n<p>Some might argue that\u00a0Trump\u2019s\u00a0reelection\u00a0rendered\u00a0SB\u00a0770 moot, because Trump officials will not approve the federal waivers necessary for California to enact\u00a0single-payer. But\u00a0others have expressed a different view: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0no reason to wait around on universal health care and\u00a0single-payer\u00a0in California. If we\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0get it done next year, you have my firm and absolute commitment as your next governor that I will lead the effort to get it done. We will have universal health care in the state of California.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Those words come from none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article174827261.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gavin Newsom himself<\/a>,\u00a0circa\u00a0December 2017, during his first campaign for governor\u00a0and Trump\u2019s first term as\u00a0president. Publicly acknowledging the futility of efforts to enact single-payer\u00a0now would only highlight the disingenuous, cynical promises Newsom made to get elected governor in the first place\u00a0\u2014 not\u00a0a good way\u00a0to launch a presidential campaign. Instead, Newsom and\u00a0CalHHS\u00a0have worked to bury SB\u00a0770, hoping to avoid scrutiny of his shifting positions. <\/p>\n<p>CalHHS\u00a0confirmed that not a single reporter, from California or nationally, requested the long-delayed reports on SB\u00a0770.\u00a0Apparently, a\u00a0quiescent press would rather <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2026\/03\/24\/gavin-newsom-interview-trump-2028-israel-00840635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not question<\/a> the Democratic presidential front-runner. But the leftist activists for whom\u00a0single-payer\u00a0constitutes a Holy Grail\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0take kindly to\u00a0seeing\u00a0their shibboleth ignored. His administration may keep running away from\u00a0single-payer, but on a presidential campaign, Gavin Newsom\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0be able to hide. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      Chris Jacobs is founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group and author of the book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1645720020\">The Case Against Single Payer<\/a>.&#8221; He is on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjacobsHC\">@chrisjacobsHC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom Ignores Law to Push Single-Payer Health Care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":2615085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ehfbc7nUYAEvyn6-e1781581879625.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4045,4606,3678,4326],"class_list":["post-2615084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-california","tag-healthcare","tag-newsom","tag-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ehfbc7nUYAEvyn6-e1781581879625.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2615084"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2615088,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615084\/revisions\/2615088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2615085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2615084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2615084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}