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News & Editorials of Note

Anthony York, Sea of vetoes engulfs health care legislation, Capitol Weekly, 10/2/08. 

Aurelio Rojas, Schwarzenegger vetoes universal health care, Sacramento Bee, 9/30/08.

Legislature OKs health insurance bills; Governor's action unclear, California HealthLine, 9/4/08. 

Jordan Rau, California Legislature enacts no major healthcare overhaul but OKs some key changes, Los Angeles Times, 9/4/08.

Health care bills clear California legislature as session wraps up, California HealthLine, 9/2/08.

Rising costs and universal health care in California, California Progress Report, 7/18/08. 

Aurelio Rojas, Sen. Kuehl tries again for universal health care system in California, Sacramento Bee, 7/17/08.

Christopher Ohman, Health plans say price tag is too high for Kuehl’s health care bill, Capitol Weekly, 7/17/08. 

Chuck Idelson, California single payer health bill—SB 840 (Kuehl)--moves again towards Governor’s desk, California Progress Report, 7/17/08

Single-payer health care plan goes before panel in California legislature, California Healthline, 7/17/08. 

George Lauer, Report on funding for single-payer health care welcomed, California Healthline, 7/14/08.

Governor vows to continue fight for health care reform, California Healthline, 6/25/08. 

Staff Writer, Governor calls number of people in Cali. without healthcare a "moral crisis," Fox 6 News, 6/23/08.  

Kevin Yamamura, Schwarzenegger rips Senate Dems on health care, Sacramento Bee, 6/23/08. 

John Howard, After health-care plan splinters, pieces are being reconstructed, Capitol Weekly, 6/19/08.

Daniel Weintraub, Single-payer health concept one thing, math another, Sacramento Bee, 6/15/08. 

Jordan Rau, Sacramento revisits healthcare reform, Los Angeles Times, 6/3/08.

Health care reform update, Insure the Uninsured Project, 5/22/08.

Schwarzenegger pledges second try on health care overhaul, California Healthline, 4/30/08. 

Bill Ainsworth, Health care worries grow among voters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4/28/08. 

Dan Walters, Schwarzenegger 's failure on health care sours voters, Sacramento Bee, 4/28/08. 

Matthew Yi, Health care system pains state voters in poll,  San Francisco Chronicle, 4/28/08.

Aurelio Rojas, Bills press for health mandates; foes predict rise in uninsured, Sacramento Bee, 4/20/08.

Steve Wiegand, California 'creeping' along on universal health care, Sacramento Bee, 4/5/08. 

Steve Wiegand, Different players, same tune, Sacramento Bee, 3/20/07. 

Anthony Wright, The Plan for California Health Reform—2008 and Beyond, California Progress Report, 3/12/08. 

Daniel Weintraub, The death of health care reform.  How Arnold Schwarzenegger's overhaul plan was doomed by the Legislature's liberal-conservative partisan crossfire, Sacramento Bee, 2/10/08. 

Aurelio Rojas, Health spending scheduled for exam. Legislators will look today at governor's proposed cuts under the ailing budget. Sacramento Bee, 2/4/08. 

Malcolm Maclachlan, Single-payer or bust? Capitol Weekly, 1/31/08. 

Editorial, Perata's reasons for killing health bill: Huh? State Senate's leader leaves a sad legacy as historic opportunity dies on his watch, Sacramento Bee, 1/30/08. 

 Matthew Yi, Bill 'over,' but governor won't give up, San Francisco Chronicle, 1/30/08.

Andy Furillo, Governor: Time to 'regroup'  He'll explore what sank health plan. Perata aide has an answer: Budget deficit, Sacramento Bee, 1/30/08.

Elizabeth Fernandez, Political divide in solving health care crisis, San Francisco Chronicle, 1/30/08. 

Christopher Lee, California Senate panel rejects health coverage proposal, New York Times, 1/29/08. 

Aurelio Rojas, Health plan defeated, Sacramento Bee, 1/29/08.

Shane Goldmacher, How they voted and what they said, Capitol Alert from the Sacramento Bee, 1/28/08.

Laura Kurtzman, Key committee rejects Schwarzenegger's health reform effort, Associated Press, 1/28/08.

Tom Chorneau, Troubled health care bill up for vote today, San Francisco Chronicle, 1/28/08.

Jesse McKinley, California Governor's plan for health care in trouble, New York Times, 1/28/08.

Anthony York, Stumbles and falls; Will term limits and healthcare trip up Núñez, Perata and Schwarzenegger? Los Angeles Times, 1/27/08.

Steve Wiegand, Health bill ready for trip to ER, Sacramento Bee, 1/24/08.

Laura Kurtzman, Schwarzenegger health reform teeters in key committee, San Francisco Chronicle, 1/23/08.

Shane Goldmacher, Senate vote on health plan postponed until Monday, Capitol Alert from the Sacramento Bee, 1/23/08.

Shane Goldmacher, Yee to oppose health bill -- landmark legislation now one vote short, Capitol Alert from the Sacramento Bee, 1/22/08.

Steve Lawrence, Governor's bill in doubt after key senator says he'll vote no, San Francisco Chronicle, 1/22/08.

Dan Weintraub, The problem with health reform, Capitol Alert from the Sacramento Bee, 1/22/08.

Anthony York, Perilous waters for health care plan, Capitol Weekly, 1/17/08.

Dan Weintraub, Perata on health care reform, Capitol Alert from the Sacramento Bee, 1/10/08.

Geri Jenkins, Health bill by Kuehl is a better fit, Los Angeles Daily News, 1/10/08.

Bob Egelko, Appeals court lets S.F.'s universal health care law go forward, San Francisco Chronicle, 1/9/08.

Dan Walters, Health plan resembles energy plan, Sacramento Bee, 1/7/08.

Bob Egelko, Court gives San Francisco health plan a boost, San Francisco Chronicle, 1/4/08.

Anthony Wright, A new year brings new efforts in California health reform, California Progress Report, 1/4/08.

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