California Democratic Party
2006 Platform
Adopted At The Democratic Party State Convention, April 30, 2006
California should lead the nation in providing comprehensive quality health care to all our people by transitioning to a single-payer public health care system.
http://www.cadem.org/atf/cf/{BF9D7366-E5A7-41C3-8E3F-E06FB835FCCE}/2006_platform_final.pdf
Comment:
By Don McCanne, M.D.
When the largest political party in the largest state in the nation explicitly endorses single payer, political feasibility becomes ever more real.
Now that the business community is beginning to understand better the benefits of the single payer model, maybe there will be interest in placing it in the Republican platform as well. We don’t want to hold our breath yet, but…
Let’s keep working to be sure that the business community fully understands all options for reform. A model that finally truly contains costs while allowing the additional luxury of providing comprehensive coverage for everyone just might be what they are looking for. Let’s be sure that they know what single payer really does, and that it’s available now.