Feb 21, 2008 4:29 pm US/Pacific
Supreme Court Allows SF Health Plan To Continue
WASHINGTON (AP) ―
The U.S. Supreme Court says a San Francisco program that provides health care to the uninsured can continue while a lawsuit challenging the initiative is pending.
Without comment, Justice Anthony Kennedy on Thursday refused a request by the Golden Gate Restaurant Association to halt the program while the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considers its legality.
The appeals court earlier ruled that city officials could implement the program, dubbed Healthy San Francisco.
The first-in-the-nation initiative requires companies with at least 20 workers to provide health coverage or pay the city a fee to help offset the program's estimated $200 million price tag.
City officials hope the program will eventually cover about 80,000 people.
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