SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Sanctuary Centers is already seeing a sharp rise in new patients.
“It’s gotten increasingly busy in my role as a therapist … seeing a lot more people a lot more diverse, backgrounds, and documented on sheltered … speaking to the types of people and the type of community we see here,” said associate marriage and family therapist Daisy Cruz-Dominguez of the Integrated Health Clinic in Santa Barbara.
A new federal policy is blocking county clinics from treating Medi-Cal patients who don’t meet immigration status rules — driving thousands to seek care elsewhere…