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As Californians absorb the grim news of the budget, the idea that tens of thousands of families will lose health insurance is slowly looking like it might become a reality.

Instead of presents, Santa Claus might deliver a note to more than 56,000 families in California that will inform them that their children will no longer have health insurance by the end of the year. This is not because these children were on Santa's naughty list. It's because of dangerous Washington politics. California risks losing federal funds to support its children health insurance programs because of a pathetic stalemate between Congress and President Bush.