Topic: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Schwarzenegger signs major California health bills, paving way for federal reformsGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday signed seven major health care-reform bills, including legislation establishing a Web-based insurance exchange that will allow consumers to comparison-shop for coverage.The governor's action makes California the first ...

Calif. Legislature OKs bills enabling state to get $761M in federal funds for health careThe California Legislature has narrowly passed two bills that will enable the state to obtain $761 million in federal subsidies to help thousands of uninsured Californians to obtain ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged California's full support Thursday for national health care reform, throwing the weight of one of the nation's most prominent Republicans behind an overhaul that caused a deep political divide and prompted at least 18 states to file legal ...

California leaders solved a $24 billion state budget deficit in late July with the help of $1.5 billion in spending reductions to Medi-Cal and Healthy Families, the state's Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program, respectively.. The budget bills adopted by the ...

Negotiations over closing California's $26.3 billion budget deficit appeared stuck Friday, as government offices closed for the second time this month and a health program for low-income children stopped accepting new applicants.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature's four top lawmakers scheduled a ...

After getting slammed yesterday by everybody from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Hillary Clinton, Blue Cross of California said it would stop sending letters to doctors asking them to help find patients who had failed to report pre-existing medical conditions to the insurance company.. ...

Figuring out how to get health insurance to the 45 million Americans who don't have it may be a national issue. A working Texan with two children has to make less than $3,697 a year to qualify for Medicaid. But enrollment is ...

Indeed, Republicans have been responsible for major expansions of government health care programs: As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney oversaw the enactment of the nation's first "universal coverage" plan, initially estimated at $1.5 billion per year but already overrunning cost projections. Arnold ...