“Presidents come and go,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently declared. “Single-payer is forever.”
That line was meant as a boast. Americans should hear it as a warning.
For years, progressives have treated government-run healthcare as the ultimate political prize. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made Medicare for All the centerpiece of two presidential campaigns.
Now Democratic candidates across the country — especially in California — are reviving state-level single-payer proposals with renewed confidence.
