[Dog Gone]

the estimated annual price tag of $200 million,

Who wants to be the first to point out how ridiculously low that number is?

Got horrendous medical bills? Are you an illegal alien? Get free medical care in San Francisco, not just Emergency Room care.

Heck, I guess I'm glad they're doing this. We need to get the word out on the street of our local towns and cities that there's a free lunch in San Francisco.

Skeedaddle boys!

[So Cal Rocket]

the estimated annual price tag of $200 million,

$200M / 744,000 (population of SF) = $269/person in medical expenses... uh huh...

[sionnsar]

We need to get the word out on the street of our local towns and cities that there's a free lunch in San Francisco. (No more SHARE/WHEEL tent cities!!!)

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[So Cal Rocket]

In 2004 (the latest year data are available), total national health expenditures rose 7.9 percent -- over three times the rate of inflation. Total spending was $1.9 TRILLION in 2004, or $6,280 per person. (Source: Smith, C., C. Cowan, A. Sensenig and A. Catlin. "Health Spending Growth Slows in 2004." Health Affairs 25:1 (2006): 186-196.)

So if the population of SF is 744,000, then health expenditures would be expected to exceed $4.6Billion. A tad higher than $200Million.