AB 1900: Guaranteed Health Care for All.

This bill aims to create a comprehensive universal single-payer health care system for all residents of the state. It would establish the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Program, or calcare, to provide universal coverage and a health care cost control system. calcare would be a health care service plan subject to existing state regulations and would cover a wide range of medical benefits and services, including those provided by other existing federal and state provisions. The program would be governed by a board of 9 voting members with expertise in health care, and would require the board to seek necessary waivers and approvals to allow for various federal health care payments. The program would make specified persons eligible to enroll during the implementation period, and would provide for automatic enrollment. The bill would also establish an advisory committee on long-te…