Federal health officials rejected California's bid to charge Medi-Cal co-payments for everything from drugs to hospital visits, dealing a new blow to the state budget but relief to low-income patients and their providers.

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Gov. Jerry Brown's campaign to balance the state budget with new income and sales taxes took a double hit Monday.
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With California billions behind on its budget and public services shrinking, the Assembly collectively tightened its belt last year – but not all of its members did.
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When teachers unions and education groups backed Proposition 98 nearly a quarter-century ago, they told voters it was "a well-thought-out plan for California's schools to once again be among the very best in the nation."

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