Universal healthcare coverage. That's what California's Republican (sort of) governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, says he wants to put in place.
"My solution is that everyone in California must have health insurance," the governor said. "If you can't afford it, the state will help you buy it. But you must be insured. That is number one."
Under Schwarzenegger's plan, all Californians would be required to have insurance, although plans for the poorest people would be subsidized. Businesses with 10 or more employees would have to offer insurance to workers or pay 4 percent of their payroll into a state fund. Smaller businesses would be exempt.
Schwarzenegger, who has often governed much more like a Democrat than a Republican, recently said he wants California politics to become non-partisan.
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