Monday, July 10, 2006
According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, the city of San Francisco is hovering to become the first in the nation to offer universal health care to all residents regardless of income, migration status or pre-existing medical conditions.
Since this plan has been emerging in the "City by the Bay," one can not but is skeptical. That disbelief is fueled by comments such as those by Lucien Wulsin, director of a Santa Monica, CA health care advocacy group, "we'll either be extremely impressed or horrified."
The idea that government could provide something, in this case healthcare, to a portion of the population that currently can't afford to pay for it without having far-reaching inadvertent consequences is ludicrous. Of course ludicrous could frequently be used to describe governmental action in San Francisco.
Since this plan has been emerging in the "City by the Bay," one can not but is skeptical. That disbelief is fueled by comments such as those by Lucien Wulsin, director of a Santa Monica, CA health care advocacy group, "we'll either be extremely impressed or horrified."
The idea that government could provide something, in this case healthcare, to a portion of the population that currently can't afford to pay for it without having far-reaching inadvertent consequences is ludicrous. Of course ludicrous could frequently be used to describe governmental action in San Francisco.
The plan being advocated by Mayor Gavin Newsom will potentially add up to 82,000 uninsured to the present 52,000 member San Francisco Health Plan.
posted by wilson @ 1:57 AM
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