In January, Governor Schwarzenegger made national headlines by proposing universal health insurance in California and there was talk of creating a national model. After months of wrangling in Sacramento, he offered a legislative proposal yesterday. It would still require that every Californian buy health insurance. It would change the formulas for employer participation. The big news has to do with the state lottery. ... $37 billion could be raised by it and some of the money could be allocated to healthcare.

"... Everyone is still looking for ways to keep healthcare affordable. ....The lottery is another piece of that debate," said Peter Harbage, a Senior Program Associate of the Health Policy Program at New America Foundation.

"... The only way to achieve universal coverage is by having an individual mandate. ... The individual can't be alone in this, there needs to be shared responsiblity. ... There need to be a lot of changes to the system in order to have insurance. ..."

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