California Governorâs Plan for Health Care in Trouble
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A California Senate health committee is expected to vote against Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggerâs widely promoted and potentially legacy-defining universal health care bill.
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Two years ago, the nation's governors were wrestling with exploding health care costs, soaring populations and agonizing choices over how to keep their Medicaid programs afloat.
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California has emerged as a key  battleground state on the issue of pension overhaul, with Gov.  Arnold Schwarzenegger pushing private accounts for state  employees and lower government contributions to public pension  plans that provide defined benefits.
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The prognosis for universal health care in California is grim this year, and experts say a failure could set back similar efforts nationwide for years to come.
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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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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has laid out a plan for
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A proposal by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s administration to shore up Maryland's medical malpractice insurers is so flawed that it could have a "potentially devastating impact" on the state's largest carrier, according to one of the company's attorneys.
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Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. yesterday said his staff is drafting a medical-malpractice reform plan that will be reviewed by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House
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The state wants to charge low-income residents too much for health insurance coverage, says state Senator Richard T. Moore , a key architect of the healthcare overhaul law.
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Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney&#39;s new healthcare proposal calls for a range of penalties for businesses that fail to provide employees with health insurance.
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Mitt Romney, an architect of Massachusettsâ universal health coverage plan, is unveiling his proposal for overhauling the nationâs health care system.
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California's governor wants to reform the way Congressional districts are drawn. Does he have a good idea?
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. California&#39;s registered nurses are outraged at the Schwarzenegger administration&#39;s move to delay improving the nurse-to-patient ratio in medical-surgical units until 2008.
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HARTFORD, Connecticut  - Four Connecticut state lawmakers proposed on Tuesday a $900 million program to bring health-care to the state's poor and uninsured, weighing in on a growing national debate over health-care reform.
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A proposed sweeping consolidation of state health and welfare agencies will have limited impact as long as the programs they oversee remain chronically underfinanced and bafflingly complicated
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Arnold Schwarzeneggerâs eco-friendly reputation may have taken a dent in a messy battle over the leadership of the California Air Resources Board.
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Governor Deval Patrick's proposal to inject $1 billion into medical research and biotechnology is a complex plan whose details have yet to be worked out, and it depends on the Legislature's willingness to fund it over a decade. But his strategy could also be more flexible and cost effective than competing plans in California and other states, according to policy ...