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Saving San Francisco wealth with health

By: Joshua Sabatini 02/27/12 5:00 AM
When 27 labor agreements come up for negotiations this year, there will be lots of talk about pay raises and concessions. But the conversation also could include incentives to quit smoking, shed some pounds and see the doctor more often. Read More

New laws come with price tags

By: Joshua Sabatini 12/30/11 12:00 AM
Healthy SF
With the new year comes new laws that Sacramento’s finest spent the year debating, crafting and voting on. The state’s legislators were busy banning shark fin soup, increasing gun restrictions, advancing gay rights, tackling PG&E’s safety problems and taxing Internet sales. Read More

Rosy budget declaration undermines tax hike plan

By: Dan Walters 12/15/11 11:29 PM
California’s public schools received a rare bit of good news Tuesday when Gov. Jerry Brown largely exempted them from automatic reductions in state aid, citing improvements in the economy.However, Brown’s declaration that the economy is getting better and he doesn’t have to squeeze all automatic spending-cut “triggers” also lessened the air of crisis and therefore complicated Brown’s efforts to persuade voters to raise taxes next year. Read More

Employee health fund debate may go to San Francisco voters

By: Joshua Sabatini 11/15/11 10:11 PM
Healthcare
After months of debate, a change to how hundreds of businesses must provide health benefits for employees was approved Tuesday despite sharp criticism it did not go far enough for workers. Opponents of the compromise measure passed by the Board of Supervisors vowed to take the fight to the ballot box. Read More

Scary Mitt Romney

By: Nate Beeler 10/29/11 9:27 PM
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Mayor Ed Lee signs first veto on legislation amending Healthy SF

By: Andrea Koskey 10/25/11 7:39 PM
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee
After nearly 10 months in office, Mayor Ed Lee signed his first veto order Tuesday evening on legislation that would have amended five-year-old health care legislation.The mayor vetoed an amendment to Healthy SF, which was approved by the supervisors Oct. 18, stating the legislation “neither improves access to health care services nor does it protect jobs.” Read More

Mayor Ed Lee's first mayoral veto will be on health care issue

By: Joshua Sabatini 10/18/11 6:58 PM
Supervisor David Campos called on Mayor Ed Lee not to veto his legislation that was officially approved by the board in a second and final vote Tuesday that amends The City’s five-year old health care ordinance. But Campos’ request will likely fall on deaf ears. Read More

Obama Skips CLASS

By: Nate Beeler 10/17/11 8:00 PM
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California workers could suffer under Obamacare

By: Joseph Perkins 10/02/11 4:00 AM
A coalition of 26 states filed a petition recently asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. California should have been the 27th. That’s because no state stands to take a bigger economic hit when and if Obamacare is fully implemented. Read More

GOP leader offers alternative to Obamacare

By: SF Examiner Editorial 09/27/11 10:22 PM
Republicans seem to understand that repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care law is necessary. Unfortunately, many of them seem to think repeal is sufficient as well. It isn’t.This is why it’s so important that a GOP leader such as House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., began presenting a viable plan to replace it, with his speech Tuesday at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. Read More
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