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  • CA: 'Post-partisan' team molded Arnold's health plan (including Gray Davis' close advisors)

    02/07/2007 9:42:12 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 16 replies · 287+ views
    LA Daily News ^ | 2/7/07 | Harrison Sheppard
    SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's health care plan was molded by a team of staffers as politically varied as California itself - a fact that could accelerate the ambitious proposal's journey from idea to reality. While Schwarzenegger faces plenty of opponents a month after unveiling the plan, their tone has been more conciliatory than confrontational. This, analysts say, is no accident. By stuffing his health advisory team with staffers who represent the often conflicting interests of employers, medical associations, insurers, unions and patient-advocacy groups, the governor has been able to pre-empt a lot of the criticism that could have doomed...