The Medical Freedom Channel

“San Francisco asked a federal appeals court this morning to let the city extend health coverage to all uninsured adult residents next week, despite a federal judge’s ruling that struck down a key provision requiring employers to pay part of the cost. City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s office and a group of labor unions are seeking an emergency stay from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco that would allow the expanded healthcare ordinance, including the challenged employer fee, to take effect next Tuesday as scheduled while the city appeals the ruling. ‘Without this stay, tens of thousands of San Francisco residents and workers will be deprived of critically necessary healthcare services,’ Deputy City Attorney Vince Chhabria said in papers filed with the court.” [editor’s note: NO, they will merely be deprived of taxpayer-funded COVERAGE for the costs of such potential services, if they are indeed needed at all. This one should be fun to watch - SAT] ] (12/27/07)