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Not surprisingly, as has been previously discussed on New West Notes, Republican legislators have no intention of voting for fees or taxes or whatever one wants to call them on businesses and medical providers to finance universal health care in California. That was reported first yesterday on New West Notes after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic and Republican legislative leaders held their “Big 5” meeting. Meanwhile, the Census Bureau reports that 20% of Californians have no health insurance. When they get sick and get health care, we nonetheless pay for it through emergency rooms. If there is to be a...