San Francisco - Health Care Policy

U.S. Supreme Court justices declined to consider a legal challenge to Healthy San Francisco, a health access program that has enrolled tens of thousands of uninsured city residents.. Healthy San Francisco, which offers primary and preventive care to the uninsured, requires businesses ...

Supreme Court turns down business appeal of San Francisco health care programThe Supreme Court has rejected a business-led challenge to San Francisco's universal health care program that has enrolled more than 53,000 people who lacked health insurance.The justices on Monday denied a ...

The enactment of national health system reform may help protect the employer mandate underpinning San Francisco's universal health coverage program from a pending legal challenge -- at least for now.. "The intervening enactment of comprehensive federal health care legislation has dramatically changed ...

San Francisco's 'public option' - a city-run health care program - informs national debateThis city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. The mandate is a contentious aspect of the Democratic plan, and the most controversial aspect of San Francisco's plan.The ...

San Francisco's 'public option' _ a city-run health care program _ informs national debateThis city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. The mandate is a contentious aspect of the Democratic plan, and the most controversial aspect of San Francisco's plan.The ...

The vast majority of enrollees in San Francisco's health program for the uninsured give it very high marks, but a minority report more difficulty accessing care or higher bills compared with the city's previous safety net system.. Healthy San Francisco, launched in ...

San Francisco's universal health access program scored another victory in the courts in a decision that has set the stage for a possible U.S. Supreme Court showdown over the use of employer mandates as part of health system reform.. Judges voted down ...

A recent lawsuit alleging that San Francisco officials are overcharging poor and indigent patients who seek care through safety net services has sparked more controversy over the city's unique universal health coverage program.. As in many counties, San Francisco uses a system ...

Correction: BC-Healthy San FranciscoIn a Sept. 30 story about an appeals court ruling on San Francisco's universal health care program, The Associated Press misidentified the labor expert who worked with city officials on Healthy San Francisco. His name is Ken Jacobs, not ...

A judge's ruling on San Francisco's plan to offer universal health insurance could have implications throughout California and beyond.. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White last week struck down a provision in a city ordinance that would have required businesses with at least ...

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Topic: San Francisco

San Francisco plan for uninsured withstands final legal challenge

High court won't review San Fran health care plan

U.S. opposes legal challenge to San Francisco employer mandate

San Francisco's health care a model during debate

SF health care a model during national debate

Patients happy with San Francisco plan for uninsured

San Francisco employer mandate may end up in U.S. Supreme Court

Lawsuit challenges San Francisco safety net programs

Correction: BC-Healthy San Francisco

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