Despite strong conservative backing, universal proposals have repeatedly lost political battles.
Moreover, California's initiative -- like other universal proposals -- lacks critical black and Hispanic support.
Its radical strategy led the American delegation to totally reject the entire proposals, being even not able to sign some of the treaty positive and universal proposals that its own delegation approved earlier during the WCIT in Dubai.
A cap on premiums has been part of Mrs. Clinton's universal coverage proposal since she announced it in September.
Mr. Thompson and Ms. Quinn, seeking to close the gap with Mr. de Blasio, used every opportunity on Monday to attack him, for fund-raising from landlords of squalid apartment buildings, for changing his position on term limits, and for centering his campaign on a universal prekindergarten proposal that depends on Albany's agreeing to raise taxes in the city.
His single-payer universal healthcare proposal, while aligned with Sanders' proclamation of being a democratic socialist, would see well-funded opposition from the insurance and pharmaceutical companies who would take the largest hit, as well as from Republicans and Libertarians that wouldn't be onboard with putting the government in charge of the nation's healthcare.
In any case, the GOP's attempt to hold the American people hostage until the President took back that whole "giving folks universal healthcare" proposal predictably flamed out.
Now he's got universal access proposals.
Lord Bishop John Packer has tabled an ammendment that will exclude child benefit from the cap, while Lord Best - the architect of the the government's December defeat over plans to dock housing benefit from social tenants - also wants to make changes to the universal cap proposals.
Earlier this week, after Edwards ran an advertisement asserting he would take away the health care of members of Congress if they do not agree to a universal-coverage proposal, Clinton aides sharply criticized him, noting that the president has no such authority.
