News Notes: Thousands of Bay Area children to lose health coverage

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to end the Healthy Families Program could leave more than 60,000 Bay Area children without health care coverage by June 30, 2010, according to the California Budget Project.

The same project reports, San Francisco alone stands to lose coverage for 12,190 children at a cost of $11,181,000.

The report also states that eliminating the program would reduce general fund spending by about $300 million in 2009-10, but California also would lose approximately $560
million in federal matching funds.