http://actlocallysf.org/blog/topic/2008/01/10/judges-tell-san-francisco-it-can-begin-health-plan/ Join the Debate! Read and comment on articles posted on actlocallysf.org. Fri, 16 May 2008 19:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://actlocallysf.org/blog/topic/2008/01/10/judges-tell-san-francisco-it-can-begin-health-plan/#comment-889 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:01:28 +0000 http://actlocallysf.org/blog/topic/2008/01/10/judges-tell-san-francisco-it-can-begin-health-plan/#comment-889 [...] Pam Meister wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA federal panel of judges granted San Francisco the right on Wednesday to put in place a key part of its universal health care program as legal arguments about the first-in-the-nation plan continue. The unanimous decision, from a … [...]<ul></ul> […] Pam Meister wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA federal panel of judges granted San Francisco the right on Wednesday to put in place a key part of its universal health care program as legal arguments about the first-in-the-nation plan continue. The unanimous decision, from a … […]

]]> http://actlocallysf.org/blog/topic/2008/01/10/judges-tell-san-francisco-it-can-begin-health-plan/#comment-885 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:06:52 +0000 http://actlocallysf.org/blog/topic/2008/01/10/judges-tell-san-francisco-it-can-begin-health-plan/#comment-885 [...] You can always trust SF for a juicy court battle. Forward thinking ideas will never be without their detractors, I’m just glad to live in a city that isn’t afraid to stand up to their constituency—in this case, the small business community/restaurant owners. On Wednesday San Francisco won the right to put in place a key part of its universal health care program. A federal panel of judges reached a unanimous decision to allow the city to require businesses with more than 20 employees to pay a fee to help cover employees’ health care costs. These fees are slated to help about 20,000 San Franciscans without insurance. [...]<ul></ul> […] You can always trust SF for a juicy court battle. Forward thinking ideas will never be without their detractors, I’m just glad to live in a city that isn’t afraid to stand up to their constituency—in this case, the small business community/restaurant owners. On Wednesday San Francisco won the right to put in place a key part of its universal health care program. A federal panel of judges reached a unanimous decision to allow the city to require businesses with more than 20 employees to pay a fee to help cover employees’ health care costs. These fees are slated to help about 20,000 San Franciscans without insurance. […]

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