Here are six takeaways:
1. Healthcare services in the counties are managed by the state-run County Medical Services Program.
2. The panel heading the program voted to offer primary medical care to people who are living in the country illegally.
3. A county supervisor states that offering healthcare services to these illegal immigrants will prevent them from going to emergency rooms for routine care.
4. Historically, California’s rural counties have not provided healthcare to illegal aliens, however, with most other Californians insured under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, county officials have been rethinking policies.
5. The County Medical Services Program panel vote, and other changes it has made, will result in costs between $6 million and $9 million over two years.
6. The new program will begin next year.
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