{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-dreamin.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fweekly-roundup-for-february-5-2022-GXtU81bL","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Weekly roundup for February 5, 2022","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4b690241-b9e9-47a3-8da8-bff7f51f2e48/11c8760e-a0c6-4ab6-9db2-a7b603871ba5/640px-assembly-chamber-at-the-california-state-capitol.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/b01dd5cc-70ba-4aa7-a641-ab88bf23ec9c\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Weekly roundup for February 5, 2022\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Weekly roundup for February 5, 2022\n\nThis past Monday, a single-payer health care bill died in the California state Assembly.  In this week's roundup, I discuss the various political and economic aspects of obtaining universal health care for all Californians, and why such an achievement can always be taken away by Washington DC, as long as we remain in the federal union.\n\nNOTES:\n1. \"Single-payer health care hits a roadblock: California bill doesn’t have the votes\", by Sophia Bollag, January 31, 2022; https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article257908358.html\n2. \"Why single payer died in the California Legislature, again\", by Alexei Koseff, CalMatters, February 1, 2022; https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/02/california-single-payer-legislature\n\nMUSIC CREDIT:\n\"Angry Bass Line\", by Adigold; elements.envato.com\n\nIMAGE CREDIT:\n\"Assembly Chamber at the California State Capitol\", by BenFranske,  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assembly_Chamber_at_the_California_State_Capitol.JPG"}