wanaberetiree
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I wonder if there are actual users of san francisco universal health care here, who can elaborate eligibility and other details of it?
Thx
Thx
It's called "Healthy San Francisco" and from what I understand, it is designed to provide coverage for those who are not able to qualify for insurance via other avenues. In itself, it is not universal healthcare, but it looks as if it is designed to ensure universal healthcare for all SF residents, if that makes sense.
So any SF resident can get it regardless income/assets ?
Except it wasn't his plan. It was Ammiano's plan for which he is taking credit.
I've seen something similar to this in Contra Costa County and Alameda County.
I've seen something similar to this in Contra Costa County and Alameda County. Basically it is a way for you to receive coverage as long as you're seen within their very closed system. So if you travel anywhere, you're not covered. If you're seen by a provider or clinic that is not within their system, you're not covered. Think of it is simply writing off your medical bill at one of their preferred locations.
It's not insurance as we know it --- more a promise to not bill the patient as long as the patient is seen at an affiliated site (which are only in SF)
Yes. If like Alameda & Contract Costa Plans, MDs are county employees so salaried by county not paid by patient. Hospitals owned by county. City (and county in SF is same thing) not really costing 1m as all costs are capped. It can work but drawback is waiting timesSo if a SF resident is uninsured and qualifies under this "plan" and gets a serious illness/cancer or something like that and stays within this closed system and their treatment ends up costing $1 million.... then no problem and all the bills are waived?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California
If the state were considered separately, it would rank as the sixth largest economy in the world, behind rest of the United States, China, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that California's GDP was $2.5 trillion in 2015, up 4.1 percent from a year earlier.
As Margaret Thatcher said: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
California already has terrible finances. Any statewide program will only make that worse. Not that San Francisco is any different, it can't be good for city finances.
Yes we believe everyone is entitled to healthcare.