Nunez to carry Arnold's health plan

Democratic Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez plans to introduce Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's health care reform plan next week to test whether it can win the two-thirds vote necessary for passage. Associated Pres in the Daily News.

"Our goal here is to push health care forward," Steve Maviglio, a spokesman for Nunez, said Friday. "But we need to see what level of support there is for the governor's plan, and the only way to do that is to bring it to a vote."

Two days ago, Schwarzenegger came out against a Democratic health reform bill, saying it placed too great a financial burden on employers.