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butterbean · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2271

Gov. to seek insurance for all children
Illegal immigrants would be covered in his plan to overhaul the state healthcare system.

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

If enacted by the Legislature, his proposal would affect about 763,000 children who now lack insurance. Although the administration has not revealed details of how it would pay for such a program, officials estimate that extending insurance to all children could cost the state as much as $400 million a year.

That would be a small piece of Schwarzenegger's stated goal: to ensure medical coverage for all of the 6.5 million Californians who now have none. Experts say that could cost upward of $10 billion a year.

If successful, the governor's effort to cover all children would be a substantial political feat. Only a few states guarantee coverage for all those under 18. Schwarzenegger himself vetoed a measure to cover all children in 2005, complaining that lawmakers offered no way to pay for it.

California's Republican legislators, who blocked a more modest effort to extend healthcare coverage last year, are sure to rebel against a plan that includes children of illegal immigrants.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-health4jan04%2C0%2C7619445.story

Arnold is looney. He is an example of why people dont want a foreigner to hold office in the U.S. Sad