Senate Republicans believe the CalCare Plus plan is a balanced and realistic approach to improve consumer choice and introduces better accessibility, while creating greater reliability in California’s health care system. Furthermore, it proposes to use existing dollars to care for California’s most vulnerable without raising taxes.

Overview Of Plan

INCREASE ACCESS – Californians need access to health care. Hardworking people should not have to wait in line to see a doctor or nurse. Coverage is meaningless if there is not a clinic to access or a doctor to see.

CalCare Plus will increase the number of clinics to improve patients’ accessibility to health care in rural and underserved regions.

MAKE IT AFFORDABLE – Health care is a major expense for working families.

CalCare Plus will reduce health care cost by establishing 401K-style plans.

MORE CHOICES & BETTER QUALITY – Californians deserve health care options that fit their individual needs.

CalCare Plus will create more choices and better quality by eliminating regulations that limit the types of available health care insurance.

Pursue Health Care Reform Seriously
by Senator Dennis Hollingsworth

Poor prognosis for governor's health plan: "His scheme for guaranteed coverage seems to be alienating more groups as time goes on."
Orange County Register, Editorial, October 17, 2007

Lottery Lunacy: "Gov. Schwarzenegger's latest proposal to leverage additional public money through the state lottery gambles with the state's financial future. California's legislators should avoid a plan that adds a new, permanent and growing expense to a state budget perpetually in danger of collapse."
Riverside Press-Enterprise, Editorial, October 16, 2007

Canadian Official Comes To California for Surgery: "While there are proposals calling for a universal health care system – here is a recent story of a Canadian official deciding not to use Canada’s universal health care system."
CTV.ca, October 2, 2007

Unlearned lessons: Hillarycare II: "Clinton says she learned a thing or two during her 1993 health care reform debacle. So why is she still hawking a Big Government solution that the American people won’t buy?"
USA Today, October 1, 2007

Patients without Doctors: "There is one problem the (Governor’s) proposal fails to address, however: There aren’t enough doctors to care for them."
American Thinker, September 20, 2007

"Only the Republican option makes sense, but, of course, it has little or no chance."
Orange County Register, August 24, 2007

"…the Senate GOP plan is vastly more hones and realistic than Schwarzenegger’s…Unlike the governor’s plan, the Senate GOP plan’s goal is not to make sure everyone of the 6.5 million state residents who were without health insurance at some point in the last 12 months is covered. Its focus is on access."
San Diego Union-Tribune, January 31, 2007

"California Senate Republicans have unveiled an appealing plan to improve the availability and affordability of health care for all residents without imposing new taxes or forcing businesses or individuals to buy or provide anything."
Orange County Register, Editorial, February 1, 2007

"…it's an excellent start -- and it includes some creative ideas for expanding coverage without raising taxes."
Daniel Weintraub, Columnist, The Sacramento Bee, February 1, 2007

"The beauty of the Senate Republicans' modest healthcare proposal is that it resolves the dilemma posed by each argument without … providing insurance for illegal immigrants."
George Skelton, Columnist, Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2007

"I completely share the Senate Republicans' focus on tax reform as a key strategy to realize savings and increase health coverage…The bottom line is: any health care reform must be a net tax reduction for the people and businesses of California…I look forward to working with my Senate Republican colleagues on their health care proposal."
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
January 31, 2007