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Calif. lawmakers want to abolish private health insurance market

By Newser
| January 12, 2022

(Newser) – California Democrats on Tuesday took their first step toward abolishing the private health insurance market in the nation’s most populous state and replacing it with a government-run plan that they promised would never deny anyone the care they need.

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