While Washington dithers...

...California moves ahead with their own single-payer system:

The State Senate approved creating a government-run health care system, ignoring a veto threat from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Supporters said it was time for state legislatures to take up the debate as the Obama administration’s national health care proposal was faltering in Congress. The State Senate passed the single-payer plan on a 22-to-14 vote and sent it to the Assembly. Democrats control both houses of the Legislature.