Cost of single payer in Cali would be more than entire general fund budget

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Matt Bruenig posted a good response to this:

http://mattbruenig.com/2017/05/22/californias-surprisingly-cheap-single-payer-plan/

I almost never quote from the comments section in any on-line article for obvious reasons, but there was an insightful one here:

"The reports are being misquoted. The analysis says that we SPENT $367b overall in 2016. But our healthcare spending is going up 6% per year. This means we're currently on track to spend ~$389b in 2017 and ~$412b in 2018. So a $400b program would mean a $12b savings next year."