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California officials look for fixes after healthcare measure fails.
2004 NOV 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called it a "job-killer." Doctors and labor unions said it was a lifesaver.
In the end, voters decided Proposition 72 was simply too chancy. By a slender margin of 51 to 49%, they rejected the chance to fundamentally rework California's healthcare system by requiring some businesses to provide workers with insurance.
But the issue won't go away.
"I think the citizenry of California does understand that we have a very significant crisis in the way our healthcare system is financed and delivered," said Michael Sexton, MD, president-elect of the California Medical Association, which backed Proposition 72.
"We just haven't found the solution yet that seems doable to all or the majority of Californians, but that doesn't mean we're going to stop trying," he said.
Perhaps because of the political pitfalls, the legislature rarely has proffered tough solutions to the problem.
Proposition 72, however, was a referendum on one of those efforts: Senate Bill 2 was passed last year and signed by then-Governor Gray Davis shortly before his recall.
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Source: HighBeam Research, California officials look for fixes after healthcare measure fails.