Under pressure, California Assembly pitches alternatives to single-payer health care

Under pressure, California Assembly pitches alternatives to single-payer health care-sacramentobee: California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is refusing to advance this year a controversial single-payer health care bill that would dramatically reshape the state's health care financing and delivery system. Instead, he's orchestrating an alternative, narrower approach that seeks to achieve universal coverage and make Obamacare more affordable.