California runs for coverage. Even though Schwarzenegger is likely to veto single-payer bill, other states could start clamoring for similar access plans.
With little afoot in D.C. to ease the uninsured crisis, state initiatives are attempting to take up the slack. In California last week, supporters rallied for a universal coverage bill that Gov. Schwarzenegger is expected to veto. "States are looking at the federal government and seeing that nothing's happening," one observer says.
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