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Healthy San Francisco
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Healthy San Francisco is a health access program launched in 2007 to subsidize medical care for uninsured residents of San Francisco, California operated by the San Francisco Department of Public Health.[1] The program's stated objective is to bring universal health care to the city.[2][3]
Healthy San Francisco is not a true insurance program, as it does not cover services such as dental and vision care, and only covers services received in the city and county of San Francisco.[4] The program itself acknowledges its limitations, and has stated that "insurance is always a better choice."[4][5][failed verification] Healthy San Francisco represents the first time a local government has attempted to provide health insurance for all of its constituents.[6] The program is open to low-income city residents over the age of 18 who do not qualify for other public coverage, and who have had no insurance for at least 90 days.[7] Eligibility is not conditional on citizenship, immigration, employment or health status.[7][8] The program covers a range of services, but only pays providers within San Francisco.[4] By July 2010, almost 90% of the uninsured adults in San Francisco — over 50,000 people — had enrolled in Healthy San Francisco.[9]
- ^ "Reform Law Could Curb Healthy San Francisco's Enrollment by Up to 60%". California Healthline. April 19, 2011.
- ^ "San Francisco's Latest Innovation: Universal Health Care", by Laura A. Locke, Time, June 23, 2006
- ^ "What is Healthy San Francisco". Archived from the original on 2007-10-31.
- ^ a b c Sankin, Aaron (2011-11-29). "Healthy San Francisco, The City's Universal Health Care Plan, Finalist For Harvard Prize". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "Visitors". Healthy San Francisco.
- ^ Sack, Kevin (2007-09-14). "San Francisco to Offer Care for Uninsured Adults". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ^ a b "Are You Eligible?". Healthy San Francisco.
- ^ "Key Facts: Healthy San Francisco" (PDF). Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. March 2008. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
- ^ Katz, Mitchell H.; Brigham, Tangerine M. (2011-02-01). "Transforming A Traditional Safety Net Into A Coordinated Care System: Lessons From Healthy San Francisco". Health Affairs. 30 (2): 237–245. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0003. ISSN 0278-2715. PMID 21289344.
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