California governor Jerry Brown is seriously considering going to a single-payer health insurance plan for the state if the GOP ever manages to repeal Obamacare.  But an analysis by the state Senate Appropriations Committee – dominated by Democrats – reveals that if the governor wants his dream of a single-payer system to come true, he's going to need to spend a lot more to realize it. How much more?  The Appropriations Committee's analysis shows that a single-payer plan would cost the state $400 billion a year.  In case the governor isn't keeping track, that amount is twice the size of the entire state budget of $200 billion. Sacramento Bee: California would have to find an additional $200 billion per year, including in new tax revenues, to create a so-called "single-payer" system, the analysis by the Senate Appropriations Committee found. The estimate assumes the state would retain the existing $200 billion in local, state...(Read Full Post)