Friday, January 19, 2007
A proposal announced last week by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that would require all state inhabitants to obtain health insurance "could punctual others to follow suit," although the plan could have a number of "downsides," the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the San Jose Mercury News, the suggestion is "refocusing attention on an issue that every state must deal with the economic burden of the uninsured and that Congress has largely ducked." Chuck Todd, editor in chief of Hotline, said, "California does set an instance. I would not be astonished if 30 states end up copying what California does on health coverage if it's successful."
Leif Wellington Haase, a health policy specialist at the Century Foundation, said that the proposal also will allow Democratic presidential candidates to raise the issue of universal health insurance "without the stigma of socialized medicine." However, the proposal has received some censure over concerns about "multiple moving parts and controversial fees," the Mercury News reports. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has printed that the proposal has "serious flaws," and David Henderson, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, has said that the plan would lead to "more regulation, more government expenses and more taxes". In addition, the proposal expected will face opposition from physicians, hospitals, health insurers, employers and labor groups.
Leif Wellington Haase, a health policy specialist at the Century Foundation, said that the proposal also will allow Democratic presidential candidates to raise the issue of universal health insurance "without the stigma of socialized medicine." However, the proposal has received some censure over concerns about "multiple moving parts and controversial fees," the Mercury News reports. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has printed that the proposal has "serious flaws," and David Henderson, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, has said that the plan would lead to "more regulation, more government expenses and more taxes". In addition, the proposal expected will face opposition from physicians, hospitals, health insurers, employers and labor groups.
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