Opinion
May 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times
SMALL CHANGES, as any parent knows, can make a big difference in the lives of young children.
When Sheila Miguel, a single mother in Sun Valley, had no health insurance, her 7-year-old daughter, Chelsea, received only sporadic treatment for her asthma, usually in an emergency room after she suffered an attack. Chelsea almost never saw the same doctor twice.
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April 22, 2007
Santa Cruz Sentinel
April 23 marks the beginning of National Cover the Uninsured Week, which has traditionally sought to raise awareness about the need to provide health coverage for all Americans. This year, however, is the perfect time to highlight the need to insure one of the most vulnerable populations: our children.
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March 13, 2007
USA Today
Letter to the Editor
by Robert K. Ross, President & CEO,
The California Endowment
With nearly 9 million children uninsured across the United States, the findings of a recent Families USA study underscore the urgency to provide health coverage to all kids. We guarantee health coverage to our seniors; the same should be done for our children ("Study: Uninsured kids fare worse at hospitals," News, March 2).
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March 1, 2007
The Boston Globe
The Bush administration should be helping Massachusetts and other states with innovative expansions of health insurance, as it did last year, instead of applying a chokehold to a successful federal program that covers low-income children. Congress needs to provide money to maintain the program and apply it to the millions of young people who still are without health insurance.
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January 22, 2007
Los Angeles Times by George Skelton/Capitol Journal
Sacramento — The most volatile subjects in California politics today, arguably, are taxes and illegal immigration. Either or both could trip up Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic legislative leaders in their ambitious quests to overhaul California's healthcare system.
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January 8, 2007
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
We share Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's hope to insure California's kids. Whether they are in this nation illegally or not, minors deserve coverage for this reason alone: They're children.
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January 7, 2007
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
On Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to propose that every child in California be guaranteed access to health care.
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January 4, 2007
San Jose Mercury News
It's becoming increasingly clear that California will have a new health care plan by the end of 2007.
The only question is, how comprehensive will it be?
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December 16, 2006
North County Times
Though our health care system is still ailing, at least a little color is returning to the cheeks of the local, state and federal efforts to fix it.
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December 15, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle
California is about to take on a challenge on a scale no other state has faced: bringing down spiraling health-care costs and insuring 6.7 million residents who lack even basic health coverage.
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December 10, 2006
San Jose Mercury News
More than 1,000 days have passed since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to provide health insurance for all of California's 10 million children. But as 2007 approaches, the state still has 800,000 uninsured children, of whom more than 80 percent (650,000) are legal residents.
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December 10, 2006
Santa Cruz Sentinel
As the Legislature reconvened this week for a new two-year session, the planets are close to aligning to extend universal health coverage to all of California's kids. Up to now, the only thing universal about this issue has been political defeat at every turn. But there is hope coming in 2007 for the nearly 800,000 children who remain uninsured.
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July 6, 2006
Los Angeles Times
UNTIL LAST WEEK, IT LOOKED as if Sacramento might use a fraction of this year's multibillion-dollar budget surplus to expand health coverage for more kids in California. But in their final budget negotiations, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature decided that it was better to cave to a small group of vocal Republicans who believe that sick 3-year-olds should be punished for their parents' actions.
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May 7, 2006
Ventura county Star
May 1 marked the beginning of national Cover the Uninsured Week, intended to draw national attention to the need to provide health coverage for all Americans. In California, the week marked a tremendous opportunity for our state leaders to address the very real need — and very achievable goal — of providing health coverage for the more than 800,000 uninsured children in our state.
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December 11, 2005
Santa Cruz Sentinel
In the aftermath of the special election and in view of their poor performance ratings, let's have hope that legislative leaders and the governor will now operate in the bipartisan climate we voters deserve. As business leaders, we should encourage them to begin by working together to ensure all children who lack health-care coverage get coverage. It has been talked about for far too long. It is now time for action. And what an ideal place for our representatives to embark, as children's health is an issue that should cut across political divides.
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