CRS

Yes, it is long; that's why I broke it up... I wanted folks to understand that this is not a black-and-white issue, but has many shades of grey to consider....

For all these reasons we know that SFGH cannot fulfill its mission to serve the poor of SF if it brings in more patients from Northern California. CONCLUSION Even if the private, paying patients from ...

4. We know that the SF Department of Public Health which is responsible for SFGH has many unmet medical needs and other priorities that are far more important than opening up City health services to r...

3. SFGH has not done (or not shared) any detailed analysis of the financial or social impacts of expanding their medical services to the broader area of Northern California. We do, however, know the fo...

2. The majority (92%) of the patients will be “tertiary referrals” “from the broader suburban and rural regions of Northern California.” These are patients who have been stabilized in other California...