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Editor's notes: Understand that I live in the Central Valley of California, 3 hours south of Sacramento. This story, anecdotal to my part of the country, is typical, as to the burden ObamaCare is about to impose on the national constituency.
Published January 7, 2014 at 7:31 am
FRESNO BEE | After 30 years of providing health services to undocumented immigrants, Fresno County says the Affordable Care Act makes it too costly to continue.
So the county is taking steps to end the program. It could be the first in the state among counties that offer services to everyone regardless of immigration status to end indigent health care for thousands of the undocumented.
According to a recent health-safety net report, Fresno and eight other counties provide health services to undocumented immigrant adults. But only Fresno is actively trying to eliminate the care, according to a survey of the counties last week by The Bee.
Fresno County is in court trying to terminate a 1984 injunction requiring it to care for the undocumented. The county says a $14 million cut in state funds for indigent care this year gives it no choice.
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