You've got a Democrat governor, you've got a Democrat super majority legislature. There's no constitutional impediment California could adopt socialized medicine today. It's not the mean old Republicans that are stopping them. And as you know, The legislature looked at [socialized medicine] and realized it would bankrupt them. By the way, Vermont, Bernie's home state, they could adopt it. And the reason you don't see California, New York or Illinois or Vermont or any blue state in America adopt socialized medicine that wouldn't work. (22:23–22:27)
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Asserts that California's legislature determined socialized medicine would lead to bankruptcy.
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