Friday, June 16, 2006
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reserves himself from his fellow Republicans Thursday on one of the major issues holding up the state budget: whether the state must provide health care for all children, counting those who are undocumented refugees.
Republicans in the Legislature say they will not vote for an expenditure plan if it includes about $22 million the manager is proposing for county health-insurance agendas that would cover all children, including those who are undocumented. Republicans also resist another $1.8 million Democrats added as a first step toward permitting all children to qualify for state health care programs that serve low- and moderate-income families.
At a press conference Thursday, Schwarzenegger agreed with Democrats that the state must provide coverage to children in spite of their immigration status.
"For me, we should not politicize the children and drag them into this," Schwarzenegger said. "Children need to get all the attention if they are here legally or illegally. Every child should have the right to some health care and the schooling and so on."
But the governor also said he resists Democrats' plans to expand the number of children who are entitled for health programs because the state cannot pay for it right now.
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