Healthcare/Hospital Law
Jan. 28, 2009
Clinics to Receive County Tobacco Money
The County Board of Supervisors will vote today on a pioneering plan to inject nearly $45 million of public funds into private health clinics that relieve the county of treating tens of thousands of uninsured patients.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - The County Board of Supervisors will vote today on a pioneering plan to inject nearly $45 million of public funds into private health clinics that relieve the county of treating tens of thousands of uninsured patients. The money stems from previous tobacco settlements that California reached with cigarette makers. The investment is unusual because it was carved out from the county's budget a...
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