San Francisco Offers Revolutionary Universal Health Plan
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Nearly 11% of San Franciscans are uninsured, including immigrants and the unemployed. While the city is hoping the medical funding will curb the losses clinics and emergency rooms have been reporting, speculations of the program's success vary.
The program was barely marketed, according to the New York Times, but more than double the expected applicants turned out at the trial clinics. The loose requirements may be the cause- you just have to prove you have had no insurance for 90 days.
Currently the project is limited to adult city residents, but city officials are quick to point out that nearly all San Franciscan children are covered under private health insurance. It should also be noted that the city's uninsured rate is half that of California's uninsured.
Over 20% of California's residents have no health coverage. The number is frightening when taken with the idea that one accident or illness could force a family without medical coverage into devastation.
To be sure, many other cities will be watching San Francisco closely in the ensuing months, even if San Francisco's socio-economic and political environments are unique.