With comprehensive healthcare reform failing a key legislative vote in January 2008, California policymakers are now energized to achieve specific healthcare reform goals in 2008, despite also struggling with a significant state budget deficit. In this commentary, Peter Harbage, Hilary Haycock, and Michael Odeh identify and discuss the major healthcare reform bills currently moving through the California Legislature as of this writing in July 2008, including what they provide, the support and opposition they have garnered, and their projected fiscal impact.

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