Honestly this is a great sign IMO. Rather than forcing this kind of system on a nation-wide scale, something that would undoubtedly make a lot of people unhappy

Honestly this is a great sign IMO. Rather than forcing this kind of system on a nation-wide scale, something that would undoubtedly make a lot of people unhappy for a bunch of different reasons, we can trial this kind of system on a smaller scale and see how it goes. Obviously the good people of California are okay with paying high taxes, and this is just the kind of thing that the majority of CA people seem to want from their policy makers, as they are repeatedly elected, so it seems pretty perfect to me. I, personally, am very happy with my employer health insurance and am glad that I left CA for a state with no income tax, but for the people remaining in CA it sounds great. If this ends up happening Americans will have the ability to choose to live in a place with universal healthcare or not while still living in the US, which is pretty cool IMO.