Schwarzenegger says health bill adds billion in California costs - Sacramento Politics - California Politics | Sacramento Bee

Schwarzenegger says health bill adds billion in California costs - Sacramento Politics - California Politics | Sacramento Bee: "In a national television interview that aired Sunday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said California's congressional members 'are not representing us really well' as he pushed for higher federal reimbursements to help reduce the state's structural budget deficit.

The Republican governor said on NBC's 'Meet the Press' that the U.S. Senate's proposed federal health care overhaul would saddle the state with an extra $3 billion to $4 billion in annual costs due largely to an expansion of Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California. Schwarzenegger believes the health care plan would enshrine existing cost-share formulas that he says are unfair to the state.

The governor has attacked changes won by Sen. Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, particularly one that would exempt Nebraska from additional Medicaid costs. Schwarzenegger said California's congressional members 'are not representing us really well in this case.'"