As lawmakers in Washington debate the next steps for U.S. healthcare reform, California officials may be looking to San Francisco as a future model for the state.
San Francisco is the only place in the U.S. that offers universal healthcare, according to an article from The Mercury News. And now California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is targeting the city's program as a possibility for the entire state. Newsom helped put the program, called Healthy San Francisco, in place when he was the city's mayor.
