California health care reform passes first hurdle
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California's Assembly on  Monday approved Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan for universal  health insurance as overhauling health care gains national  prominence ahead of the 2008 presidential election.
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Californians voted by a wide margin last month to pass a landmark &#36;3 billion initiative to fund stem-cell research. That may have been the easy part.
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SACRAMENTO, California  - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vowed to continue pressing for legislation that would provide health insurance to his state's uninsured, a day after a universal health care bill he supported died in a Senate committee.
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The Senate gave final approval on Thursday to a health insurance bill for 10 million children, clearing the measure for President Bush, who said he would veto it.
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A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the popular children's health insurance program, with members from both parties brushing aside a stern veto threat from President Bush to vote their support, 265 to 159.
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Ending months of deadlock with the  White House, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday  gave final bipartisan approval to legislation that would  temporarily extend the state health insurance program that  covers about 6.6 million poor children.
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The Senate unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday night that would require equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses when policies cover both.
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California has conceded defeat in its quest for more clout in picking presidential nominees and is returning to its traditional June primary election for all statewide races.
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California's Senate  passed a bill on Wednesday night aimed at increasing  competition among cable television providers and easing the  ability of telephone companies to enter the market.
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Scoring a major victory in offering its television services to a broader segment of the population, Verizon disclosed Friday that it had been the first to gain approval for a statewide video franchise in the state of California.
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California officially launched its controversial &#36;3 billion embryonic stem cell research program on Friday, swearing in a policymaking committee and elevating the campaign leader for the program to chairman.
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In a post-election blow to powerful nursing unions, the Schwarzenegger administration moved Thursday to ease some requirements of the state&#39;s first-in-the-nation law telling hospitals how many nurses they must have on hand to care for patients.
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Hawaii, the first U.S. state to mandate that employers provide health insurance for workers, scored best among its peers in providing safe and affordable medical care, a report released on Wednesday found.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 -- The universal health insurance package that one chamber of California's legislature passed this week looks a lot like the one Massachusetts not only passed but put in place a year earlier: Every resident will be required to have insurance, every employer must pitch in, and...
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The demise of California's attempt at comprehensive health-care reform this week means that advocates of overhauling the health-care system will turn their focus back to Washington, several experts said yesterday, as an increasingly tough budget climate raises new questions about whether states can...
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A bill that would require health insurers to cover more of the costs of treating mental health conditions moved forward in Congress on Wednesday with wide backing from employers and insurers.
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Proposition 72 is a $7 billion employer-mandated health-care tax to create a massive government run health-care system aimed at helping the uninsured.