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Newsom Faces Defining Moment in Health Insurance Fight
After 72% of San Francisco voters favored a mandatory health insurance law in November 2004 (it lost by 1% statewide), local legislation imposing the provisions of the measure was the logical next step. But Supervisor Tom Ammiano’s measure to require San Francisco businesses with 20 or more employees to fund or provide health benefits has run into stiff opposition from the same business groups that---along with WalMart and McDonalds---helped defeat the state initiative. Mayor Newsom opposes the legislation “in its current form,” but with John Burton and every major California Democrat backing the near identical state measure, vetoing the local health legislation would be bad policy and even worse politics for the Mayor.
After 72% of San Francisco voters favored a mandatory health insurance law in November 2004 (it lost by 1% statewide), local legislation imposing the provisions of the measure was the logical next step. But Supervisor Tom Ammiano’s measure to require San Francisco businesses with 20 or more employees to fund or provide health benefits has run into stiff opposition from the same business groups that---along with WalMart and McDonalds---helped defeat the state initiative. Mayor Newsom opposes the legislation “in its current form,” but with John Burton and every major California Democrat backing the near identical state measure, vetoing the local health legislation would be bad policy and even worse politics for the Mayor.
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