2014 California Governor's race: on Health Care

Neel Kashkari: Fix ObamaCare's fundamental flaws, or replace it completely

1. the negative effect of the Affordable Care Act on jobs and
2. skyrocketing premiums for healthy people.

We need to fix the fundamental flaws with ObamaCare, or if it's beyond fixing, replace it completely with something better. Going back to a system where the uninsured turn to emergency rooms for their health care doesn't make sense for anyone. Developing a health care system that actually works starts by having an honest conversation with the American people about the trade-offs involved. President Obama has been in office five years and hasn't been willing to have one yet.

Antonio Villaraigosa: Healthcare.gov problems caused loss of confidence in Feds

Doubts, meanwhile, are mounting about the administration's competence to manage the complexity of a reformed immigration system, given the problems with the healthcare law. "There's a loss of confidence in the government's ability," former Los Angeles Major Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat and proponent of the immigration reform bill, said at an event this month.

"Clearly, the last few months, our experience with [the] Affordable Care Act does not help when you look at other big things like immigration reform."