The Democrats also had the opportunity to institute universal healthcare in California, but purposely didn't:
"Democrats needed 41 votes for that to happen, a threshold that did not seem impossible given that they control 56 of the 80 seats in the state Assembly and universal health care has long been a priority for the party.
But intense lobbying from business groups put pressure on more moderate Democrats ... "
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that would have created the nation's only government-funded universal health care system died in the California Assembly on Monday as Democrats could not gather enough support to bring it for a vote ahead of a legislative deadline.
I'm still struggling with it, but slowly getting the Mastodon concept. I was never able to join "mastodon.social" or "mastodon.online", but at least I got on. Now that they just let you-know-who back in, the birdy place looks like it's only one scene away from where the baseball bat starts swinging in The Shining. I'm melting the butter for the popcorn as we speak.