[Pinckney]

If Democrats in California can't muster the votes to outlaw something as uniformly hated as balance billing while they have the Governor's office and a supermajority in both houses, I'm afraid I don't have much faith in their ability to fix any of this at the federal level.

[blackflame7000]

In 2009 California SC ruled that Balance Billing for emergencies is illegal https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-supreme-court/1001051.html

In 2017, a state law extended it for non-emergency services https://californiahealthline.org/news/you-are-now-protected-...

The bill in question is for self-funded health insurance which is pretty rare https://californiahealthline.org/news/for-millions-of-insure...

Overall Summary https://www.benefitspro.com/2019/07/11/hospitals-block-calif...