Federal stimulus money used to pay for six-month extension of
program that treats non-violent drug offenders.
County will postpone signing contracts for health services
through the state’s First 5 program because Gov Jerry Brown wants
to take $1 billion from the program for the budget deficit.
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The program’s backers cheer the vote even though it calls for
cutting the program in half.
Surprise inspection finds chairs and walls spotted with blood,
nurses who didn’t wash their hands and rusted out equipment.
Number of prescriptions written for Orange County’s poor has
increased by 123 percent since 2007.
At least 500,000 county residents are believed to lack health
insurance. Clinics like those staffed by Kaiser doctors and
volunteers help fill the need.
People living on the streets in Orange County have few options
when they fall ill. A coalition of programs is working to improve
the situation.
Program leaders offer ways to save $28 million in hopes Gov.
Jerry Brown won’t abolish the program.
This move shows that the Republican board is not shying away
from the highly partisan issue of national healthcare reform.
Nearly a third of those polled statewide rank obesity as top
health threat to kids. But low-income areas still put the epidemic
behind drug abuse.
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