CALIFORNIA IS not the first state to aim for universal health coverage. But the plan that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) announced last week stands out for its ambition. Of the earlier pioneers, Maine and Vermont are small, and Massachusetts started with relatively few uninsured people in the first place. But California is the nation's most populous state. Fully 19.4 percent of its residents lack insurance, a share that's higher than the national average. If the governor's plan makes it through the legislature, it will juice the health-reform movements that are gathering steam in state capitals across the country....
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CALIFORNIA IS not the first state to aim for universal health coverage. But the plan that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) announced last week stands out for its ambition. Of the earlier pioneers, Maine and Vermont are small, and Massachusetts started with relatively few uninsured people in the first place. But California is the nation's most populous state. Fully 19.4 percent of its residents lack insurance, a share that's higher than the national average. If the governor's plan makes it through the legislature, it will juice the health-reform movements that are gathering steam in state capitals across the country....