Zócalo Public Square

Before Obamacare became part of the American lexicon, San Francisco implemented healthcare reform of its own. What can Healthy San Francisco, which launched in 2007 to subsidize medical care for the city’s uninsured, teach the rest of the country? At an event co-presented by The California Wellness Foundation, California HealthCare Foundation president Sandra Hernández, former Healthy San Francisco director Tangerine Brigham, and HR Ideas CEO Deisy Bach talked with San Francisco Business Times reporter Chris Rauber about how the city’s past can help us to better understand the country’s healthcare future.