BF2S Forums California replace private insurers with State Universal Healthcare

Leno's Analysis wrote:

This bill would establish the California Healthcare System 
          (CHS), a single-payer health care system that would provide 
          coverage for which all 37 million Californians would be 
          eligible. Essentially, this bill would combine under one 
          administration existing state-administered health care programs 
          with the privately funded insurance industry, and the state's 
          uninsured. The CHS would, on a single-payer basis, negotiate 
          with providers or set fees for health care services and would 
          pay claims for those services.

          This bill would prohibit the existence of a health care service 
          plan contract or health insurance policy, except for the CHS, 
          that would be sold in the state that provided for the same 
          services as the system.