SF health insurance program

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Dear Derek;

While looking for a different message I came across this one you
posted. The SF Healthy Medical plan isn't totally free. Particpants
are required to pay according to capability and how much they earn.

For a large family say like yours who earn at the federal poverty
guidelines say maybe a $1,000 a month they pay nothing. The fee paid
goes from zero up to some $675 a month.

See the chart here for what participants are required to pay.

http://www.healthysanfrancisco.org/visitors/Participant_Costs.aspx

http://tinyurl.com/ytyt6s

Yes there will be those who pay nothing and yes there will be those
who pay something. But it isn't a total free lunch.

There's a really nice Federal poverty calculator at the web site so
you can plug in various family situations and income and see if you
qualify and how much you would have to pay based on income.

For our San Francisco Libertarians without medical insurance who do
not qualify for Medicare or Medi-Cal hey guess what - bite the bullet
and sign on up - it's free( sort of free that is).

Ron Getty
SF Libertarian

--- In lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com, "Derek Jensen" <derekj72@...>
wrote:

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"Only then will city officials learn whether the program appeals to
middle-class workers, who comprise a growing share of the

uninsured. And

only then can they test whether San Francisco has the medical

infrastructure

to handle the desired increase in demand, and to do so without

raising

taxes. So far, enrollment has exceeded expectations. The city

projected that

between 600 and 1,000 people would sign up by the end of August.

More than

1,300 did, even though officials have done little marketing. They

hope to

enroll about 45,000 people — more than half of the city's

uninsured — in the

first year. Some clinics are adding night hours and small numbers

of staff.

"We really didn't know what the interest level would be so we've

very

pleased," said Mayor Gavin Newsom. "At the same time, we don't want
over-exuberance yet because we don't want to fall of our own

weight.""

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No way! People enthusiastically sign up for a program that

provides free