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County urgent care services will move from the old Scenic Hospital emergency room to the Paradise Medical Office by Feb. 1.
The medical system for the more than 300,000 people who rely on Medi-Cal in the Northern San Joaquin Valley suffers from a multitude of problems that add up to a dysfunctional system: a shortage of doctors, low payments for physicians treating Medi-Cal patients, a high incidence of chronic diseases, poverty and low education rates.
Q: How many people in Stanislaus, Merced and San Joaquin counties are eligible for Medi-Cal, the federal and state health care program for low-income people?