Soiund good, but will it work?



It is crucial that California pass a healthcare plan this year. Our state has a unique opportunity to lead a widening national discussion -- not to mention a chance at long last to provide healthcare for its 6.5 million uninsured.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision this week to release his healthcare plan in bill form is a hopeful sign. While wonks in Sacramento must work out persisting disagreements over affordability and cost containment, evidence that negotiations on this vital reform are ongoing is welcome. Unfortunately, the proposed plans for financing California's new health insurance system still fall short. Depending on funds from the lottery is no way to cure California's healthcare ills.


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There is something perverse about encouraging Californians to engage in addictive behavior to pay for better health and counting on their financial irresponsibility to assure economic stability.

They can complain all they want about this "addictive" behavior but folks are going to play.

I think it's the irony of the whole thing that gets me. Low income people are the ones most likely to play the lottery.

I wish them luck. In my state all casino revenue was going into the education fund for the state, but it never seems to make it there. It goes to the General fund and education see little.