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Healthcare Stories Posted in December 2007

Initiative to expand kids' coverage to see changes

Category: Healthcare · State: Montana · Source: Missoulian

Changes will be made in a proposed 2008 ballot measure to extend health coverage to thousands of uninsured children in Montana, as Gov. Brian Schweitzer and state Auditor John Morrison try to agree on what they'll support.

Posted: Tue, Dec 11, 2007 · 2:30 PM ET

Ballot Box Balancing Act in California Health Care Reform

Category: Healthcare · State: California · Source: California Progressive Report

Mike Zapler of San Jose Mercury News has a downer of an article about the hurdles of winning health care reform on the ballot. He writes about the odds of any ballot measure, especially those with a funded opposition. The history on health reform isn't pretty either. In the early 1990s, two such measures, Prop 166 and Prop 186, got 32% and 27% of the vote, respectively.

Posted: Sun, Dec 9, 2007 · 8:25 AM ET

Could health care initiative pass?

Category: Healthcare · State: California · Source: San Jose Mercury News

Frustrated by opposition in the Legislature, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to take his health care plan to "the people" next year in the form of a sweeping ballot measure.

Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2007 · 8:16 AM ET

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