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California: Part of San Francisco Health Plan Struck Down
By AP

A federal judge has struck down a key provision of a new San Francisco program to provide basic health care for uninsured residents. The city was set to begin requiring employers with more than 20 workers to start subsidizing the health plan on Jan. 2. But the judge, Jeffrey Wright of Federal District Court, ruled that the mandate would violate a 1974 federal law designed to prevent inconsistencies in the coverage afforded employees who work for the same company but live in different jurisdictions.