Los Angeles
Saturday, 7/18, 01:50 AM
A South LA safety-net hospital could close again as Medicaid cuts loom
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Community Hospital, the safety-net hospital that serves some of the poorest neighborhoods in South Los Angeles, warns it could be forced to close again as federal Medicaid cuts threaten to blow an $80 million to $100 million hole in its budget.
- For a community that lost its hospital once before, in 2007, the stakes are painfully familiar.