Despite the backlash GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann has received this week for blasting fellow contender Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his (failed)
“„According to the Department of Health Care Services, Medi-Cal expenditures of $379 million were incurred in 2009-10 for the Minor Consent Program, which serves on average 130,600 individuals between the ages of 12 and 19, and provides over 128,000 minors with family planning and/or sexually transmitted disease diagnosis and treatment services. Due to the authorization of preventive services to minors provided for in this bill, there could be substantial future cost savings to the Medi-Cal and HFP programs in the millions of dollars to the extent that immunizations and other medical care lead to decreased incidences of disease, diagnosis, and treatment costs.