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SF Weekly reports on a UCLA study showing that uninsured Americans use hospital emergency rooms more often than undocumented immigrants.

The new study published on May 5 in the Health Affairs journal revealed that while 12 percent of uninsured citizens use the ER, only 9 percent of the undocumented population goes to the ER annually. It also showed that undocumented adults visit the doctor’s office 1.7 times a year while uninsured U.S. citizens visit 1.8 times a year. What’s more, they found that the average insured U.S. citizen visits the doctor 3.2 times a year; nearly double that of an undocumented patient. READ MORE

The Red Poppy Art House is having a rummage sale from 8-12 p.m. today. 

KQED reminds us about the very good  Jerusalem on Mission Street.   And – relief – SF is now only the fourth least affordable U.S. city, reports SF Curbed  

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