Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Mayor Gavin Newsom make public a proposal today that would make San Francisco the first city in the country to provide health care for all of its uninsured residents through a plan that covers all from patient doctor visits and surgeries to prescription drugs.
San Francisco's predictable 82,000 uninsured residents, who classically go to public clinics and hospitals for treatment, will be covered under the plan, named the San Francisco Health Access Program.
It will offer people the primary and preventative health care they at present lack and allow them to entrée hundreds of doctors in public and private hospitals and clinics.
"This is not a pipe dream," Newsom said. "This city is going to be the first city in America to achieve universal health care access"
The plan varies from other proposals because it is not health insurance. Those who sign up will have admission to care only in San Francisco and, despite paying monthly premiums, will not be covered by the plan if they required treatment outside the city limits.
posted by kanth
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