News Stories

Núñez shops health care proposal, says insuring kids is top priority

February 4, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle

Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez took his comprehensive health care proposal on the road Saturday, in the second in a series of public meetings around the state. Read more >

Gov. offers bold prescription
All Californians would be required to carry medical insurance.

January 9, 2007
Los Angeles Times

SACRAMENTO — Calling for massive changes throughout a healthcare system he called "broken," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday proposed a $12-billion plan that would require all Californians to obtain medical insurance while helping the poorest to afford it. Read more >

SWEEPING STATE HEALTH PLAN
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL: Coverage for all Californians -- everyone to share cost

January 9, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed Monday extending medical insurance to all Californians, including illegal immigrants, with a far-reaching plan that would transform the health care market by spreading the $12 billion cost of universal coverage among employers, individuals, insurers, government and health care providers. Read more >

Debating a remedy
Governor unveils sweeping plan mandating coverage for all

January 9, 2007
Sacramento Bee

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday proposed a sweeping overhaul of the way health care is purchased and delivered in California that would mandate new contributions from employers, individuals, health plans, health care providers and the government. Read more >

Healing a Broken Health-Care System

January 9, 2007
Stockton Record

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released details of his plan to overhaul California's health-care system Monday, adding to a growing pile of proposals that - if enacted - will transform the way Californians get and pay for medical care. Read more >

Health care for all
Governor wants illegal immigrants covered; opposition builds

January 9, 2007
Riverside Press Enterprise

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Schwarzenegger charged headlong into revamping California's health-care system Monday, unveiling a $12 billion plan that would require everyone to carry insurance and extend subsidized health coverage to undocumented immigrants. Read more >

Health coverage mandate
Schwarzenegger proposal is multifaceted

January 9, 2007
Ventura County Star

SACRAMENTO — If you want to live in California, you have to get health insurance. That basic principle — an individual mandate to have insurance — is the linchpin of a comprehensive healthcare reform plan proposed Monday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Read more >

Governor wants all insured
Health care plan's cost would be shared by nearly everyone

January 9, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a sweeping plan yesterday to extend health coverage to all Californians that would dramatically transform the state's nearly $200 billion health care system. Read more >

Gov. to seek insurance for all children

January 4, 2007
Los Angeles Times

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose that all Californian children, including those in the state illegally, be guaranteed medical insurance as part of the health-care overhaul he intends to unveil next week, according to officials familiar with the plan. Read more >

Governor plans health care for all children

January 4, 2007
Sacramento Bee

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will call for universal insurance for California children in the health care proposal he unveils next week -- but isn't likely to suggest a way to pay for it, advocates who have been briefed on the plan said Wednesday. Read more >

Kids' health care backed
Coalition prods governor to ensure all of the state's children get coverage.

December 1, 2006
Sacramento Bee

Encouraged that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has made health care his top priority, a coalition of community and religious groups urged the governor Thursday to provide universal coverage for children in California. Read more >

Push begins to insure children
763,000 youngsters go without health coverage in California.

December 1, 2006
Fresno Bee

SACRAMENTO — Staking out an early position in what is sure to be a major budget battle next year, religious organizations and children's advocates Thursday called on Gov. Schwarzenegger and state leaders to spend an estimated $380 million a year to cover the state's 763,000 children without health insurance. Read more >

State exploring kids' health care
Plan would cost $380 million, faces Republican challenges

December 1, 2006
Stockton Record

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democrats who control the Legislature are crafting plans to reduce the number of Californians forced to use emergency rooms as their primary doctor's office. Read more >

Children's insurance moves to fore again

November 16, 2005
Sacramento Bee

Last year, advocates said they wanted to make 2005 the year for ensuring that all California children have health insurance.

Now they're hoping it will happen next year. About 8 percent of the 10.5 million Californians under 18 - nearly 900,000 - don't have health coverage. About half are eligible for existing public programs but aren't enrolled. Read more >