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Sixty-four percent of California registered voters support health care legislation proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D), according to a Field Poll released Thursday, the San Jose Mercury News reports (Zapler, San Jose Mercury News, 12/21). The proposal, which was approved by the California General Assembly on Monday, would require [...]

Summaries of several recent developments in the presidential campaign related to health care appear below. * Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.): Clinton on Tuesday during an appearance at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago said that as president she would increase regulations on health insurers, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Clinton said, “We’re going to tell [...]

America’s Health Insurance Plans on Wednesday will present a proposal that is intended to increase access for people seeking to purchase health insurance on the individual market, including those who previously have been denied coverage because of health issues, the New York Times reports. The proposal was drafted by a group of insurance executives. The [...]

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) last week at a news briefing reviewed pending legislation within the state General Assembly, including a plan to provide health insurance to 800,000 state residents, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Rendell said that although he had hoped to pass Cover All Pennsylvanians by Dec. 25, because of opposition from state Senate [...]

The U.S. over the next 10 years could reduce health care costs by $1.5 trillion, expand health insurance to more residents and improve quality of care through widespread reforms to eliminate inefficiencies and increased taxes, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the Times, [...]

Comments by Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Fred Cerise and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Chancellor Larry Hollier in a Dec. 7 Baton Rouge Advocate article “misrepresent” a plan to shift the state away from the Charity System model of health care, Coalition of Leaders for Louisiana Healthcare Co-chair Mark Peters writes [...]

The California General Assembly on Monday voted 46-31 along party lines to approve legislation proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D) that would require most state residents to obtain health coverage, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The $14 billion measure aims to cover more than 70% of the state’s [...]

The California General Assembly on Monday voted 46-31 along party lines to approve legislation proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D) that would require most state residents to obtain health coverage, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The $14 billion measure aims to cover more than 70% of the state’s [...]

Many observers when the year began expected the new Democratic-controlled Congress and President Bush to “make some headway on the problem many voters placed at the top of the nation’s domestic agenda — health care for the uninsured and rising medical costs that are squeezing the middle class” — but lawmakers “fell back into the [...]

The California, Utah and Virginia officials recently discussed their budget plans for fiscal year 2008. Summaries of news about the state budgets appear below. California The California Department of Finance this week projected a state budget deficit of $14 billion over the next 18 months, higher than the $9.8 billion estimate by the state Legislative [...]