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New LA County health program aims to help unauthorized immigrants
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Oct 28, 2014
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New LA County health program aims to help unauthorized immigrants
Somewhere between 400,000 and 700,000 of unauthorized immigrants are uninsured and ineligible for benefits under the Affordable Care Act, which prompted the county to create a new health program for them.
Graciela Villeda suffers debilitating pain from gallstones, but she is undocumented and uninsured. She qualifies for a county program called Healthy Way L.A. Unmatched, but because it mostly covers emergency care, she says she can't get the operation she needs to relieve her pain.
Graciela Villeda suffers debilitating pain from gallstones, but she is undocumented and uninsured. She qualifies for a county program called Healthy Way L.A. Unmatched, but because it mostly covers emergency care, she says she can't get the operation she needs to relieve her pain.
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Adrian Florido
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Somewhere between 400,000 and 700,000 of unauthorized immigrants are uninsured and ineligible for benefits under the Affordable Care Act, which prompted the county to create a new health program for them.

There are about 1 million unauthorized immigrants in Los Angeles County.

Somewhere between 400,000 and 700,000 of them are uninsured and ineligible for benefits under the Affordable Care Act.

That prompted the county to create a new health program for them.

Southern California Public Radio's Adrian Florido says the goal is to keep these people healthier while spending county money more efficiently.