Special session on health care

With his universal health care proposal stalled in the Legislature, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday he will call a special session of lawmakers to craft a framework for statewide reform. Mike Zapler in the Daily News.

With the special session, the governor hopes to break the stalemate over his plan to extend medical coverage to the 6.6 million uninsured Californians.

The governor's top priority has bogged down in partisan bickering, with the Senate passing a Democratic plan that Schwarzenegger has vowed to veto, Republicans refusing to back the governor's plan, and lawmakers facing a Friday deadline to end their session.