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Friday, December 18, 2009

Sacramento's Mexican Consulate Unveils Health Care Referral Program

Sacramento's Mexican Consulate has launched a new program designed to offer clinic referrals, health education and other support services to documented and undocumented immigrants, the Sacramento Bee reports.

The Mexican government will fund the "Ventanilla de Salud," or Health Window program, and the local not-for-profit group Health Education Council will provide services from inside the consulate.

Sacramento's program will be Mexico's 39th Health Window in the country.

Mexican President Felipe Calderón said he aims to establish a Health Window in every Mexican consulate in the U.S. (Tong, Sacramento Bee, 12/18).

Reader Comments:
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  • 12/18/2009
  • Patricia Morris-Gooding

If the Mexican government is providing health care for undocumented workers in this country, why doesn't that government encourage its citizens to return home and provide them with a ticket for transportation. If this were done our country and theirs would have greater control for health care costs in each country.

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  • 12/18/2009
  • James Roache

Is the Mexican govenrnment also providing the funding for the health care provided to their undocumented citizens who have entered the United States illegally and at the expense of those waiting to enter legally? Or is it the CA taxpayer?



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