Please don't post snark on HN. The guidelines make it clear that we're trying for something better here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> US caring about affordable health care in any way?

  X is true of the US as a whole, and
  California is part of the US, so
  X must be true of California

is an example of the Fallacy of Division.

US isn't a singular entity. A bunch of states do quite a lot for their populace in general.