Excerpt: The Bush administration is backing restaurant owners in their challenge to San Francisco's groundbreaking health coverage program before a federal appeals court that will hear the case today.... Most of the estimated $200 million annual cost would come from state and local taxes and payments from patients, based on their incomes. But large and midsize companies that do not already offer insurance to their employees, at levels set by the city, must pay a fee to cover the cost of the employees' coverage at the hospitals and clinics.  MORE >>