Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, right, walk to a news conference to discuss a health care reform plan approved by the Assembly, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. The $14.4 billion health reform measure will expand coverage to nearly 70 percent of the state's uninsured and require most Californians to buy health insurance, was approved on a party-line, 45-31 vote. AP Photo logo AP Photo 24 months ago

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, right, walk to a news conference to discuss a health care reform plan approved by the Assembly, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. The $14.4 billion health reform measure will expand coverage to nearly 70 percent of the state's uninsured and require most Californians to buy health insurance, was approved on a party-line, 45-31 vote.

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