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Public commenters tell supervisors unpaid mental-health provider seeks $50,000 and vaccine-injury speakers renew claims
Summary
During public comment July 22, a county mental-health provider said she had not been paid for 104 days and faces $50,000 in unpaid claims; speakers also urged the board to halt COVID‑19 vaccine use, citing anecdotal injury claims.
VISALIA — During the public-comment period at the Tulare County Board of Supervisors’ July 22 meeting, several members of the public addressed county officials on two distinct issues: an unpaid mental‑health/provider billing complaint and testimony alleging injuries from COVID‑19 vaccines.
Barbara Mathis, who identified herself as a local behavioral‑health provider with long service in the county, told the board she had not been paid for her clients’ services for 104 days and estimated she would be owed about $50,000 as of the previous Saturday. Mathis said…
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