San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom isn’t afraid of starting a revolution in his city. First, it was issuing gay marriage licenses. Then it was abolishing chronic homelessness. Now, he wants to make San Francisco the first city in the nation to offer universal health care.
The Health Access Program, which will begin enrolling people in July 2007, will provide health care services for all of the estimated 82,000 uninsured San Franciscans. Mayor Newsom talks about his plan, as well as the failure of imagination that has left so many Americans without health care in this first person account.
- San Francisco Health Access Plan
- Mayor Gavin Newsom bio
- San Francisco’s Latest Innovation: Universal Health Care, Time Magazine, June 23, 2006
- San Francisco Prepares for Universal Health Care, NPR Morning Edition, July 27, 2006
- Cost of Insuring California’s Uninsured, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
- California Healthcare Foundation
- Mayor Gavin Newsom on gay marriage, California Connected’s 2004 interview
October 15th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Way to go Mr. May Newsom!
Now if New Orleans had that, our recovery would be a little faster as well; & if the Nation had this would it really be worth it? Also is there any outlines of the plan or is it still in the works?
Thank you,
Adam