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Officials make public a plan Tuesday to make the city the first in the state to provide health care to all its residents through contributions from the community government and private employers.

The proposal, aimed at 82,000 uninsured San Franciscans who take home too much to qualify for federally finance insurance, will offer access to a doctor and hospital network to any mature who lives in the city regardless of their immigration or the employment status, said Mayor Gavin Newsom. The city by now provides universal health care for children.

"Rather than lamenting about the fact that we live in a country with 45.8 million Americans that don't have health insurance ... San Francisco is doing something about it," Newsom said. "San Francisco is moving forward to fulfill its moral obligation."

Newsom stressed that the so-called Health Access Plan was not destined to take the place of private health insurance, but somewhat provide a way to constantly treat people without insurance so they don't end up looking for medical care in hospital emergency rooms.