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Healthy San Francisco is a program launched in 2007 to subsidize medical care for uninsured residents of San Francisco, California.〔http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2011/4/19/reform-law-could-curb-healthy-san-franciscos-enrollment-by-up-to-60.aspx〕 The program's stated objective is to bring universal health care to the city,〔("San Francisco's Latest Innovation: Universal Health Care" ), by Laura A. Locke, ''Time'', June 23, 2006〕〔http://www.healthysanfrancisco.org/visitors/What_Is_HSF.aspx〕 and the program website states that insurance "is always a better choice."〔http://www.healthysanfrancisco.org/visitors/〕 The program is open to city residents, ages 18 and up, whose incomes and net worth are low but who do not qualify for other public coverage, and who have had no insurance for at least 90 days.〔http://www.healthysanfrancisco.org/visitors/Who_Qualifies.aspx〕 Eligibility is not conditional on citizenship, immigration, employment or health status.〔 The program covers a range of services, but only pays providers within San Francisco.〔 ==History== In Mayor Gavin Newsom's first term, he worked to extend the city-funded health insurance program, started under Mayor Brown, to young adults, a program that had been previously offered only to children. Newsom's more ambitious plan on healthcare began to take shape in 2007. In his budget proposal for fiscal year 2007-2008, Newsom announced his intention to provide universal health care for all city residents, based on long-time City Supervisor Tom Ammiano's plan. The care would be provided through the San Francisco Health Access Plan also known as Healthy San Francisco. The system planned to use more electronic referrals and focus on preventive care. Newsom's proposal has prompted Oakland mayor Ron Dellums and San Mateo County's Board of Supervisors to look into possibilities for providing their own taxpayer-subsidized health care. A legal challenge against the program which was filed by the Golden Gate Restaurant Association in 2006 was denied a hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2010, legally clearing the program for continued existence for the foreseeable future. 2013: With implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act starting in 2010, and the setting up of health exchanges in 2013, half of the 60,000 patients enrolled in 2013 are eligible for Medi-Cal due to the expansion of that program by the Affordable Health Care Act. Another 10,000 or so people are likely to get health insurance through the Covered California health exchange that was created as part of the Affordable Health Care Act.〔 The remaining patients are likely to be undocumented immigrants and people who live in the city for less than 5 years, so are not eligible for Covered California, and people who make too much money for Medi-Cal but not enough to afford health insurance.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Healthy San Francisco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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