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Saturday, February 10, 2007
Ahnold’s Very, Very Bad Movie
Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing that everyone in his state, including those here illegally, be required to purchase health insurance. In 2004, an estimated 43 percent of all births covered by the state's Medi-Cal program were to illegal aliens.The cost of those 105,000 deliveries was $400 million.



According to Schwarzenegger the issue isn't whether or not those here illegally should be treated, but how they can be treated most cost-effectively -globalEyeNews

Cato @ Liberty:

Arnold Kling is far too kind in his description of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new health care proposal. While I suppose it is possible for the plan to have been worse (it could have endorsed Massachusetts-style managed competition, for instance), the plan gets almost everything wrong, from its tax on employment to its individual mandate, from increased welfare subsidies to increased insurance regulation. The proposal will end up hurting workers, employers, health care providers, and health care consumers. Consider just some of what the Governator is calling for:

* More spending, more taxes. According to the nonpartisan taxpayers foundation, California’s state/local tax burden is the 15th highest in the nation, and its business climate ranks 45th out of the 50 states. Californians already pay $4,451 per-capita in state and local taxes. Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposal is expected to cost at least $12 billion in additional state spending. He would finance it.....More

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