Federal Shit Skill Leave Los Angeles County System in Crisis

Los Angeles County’s Healthy System, responsible for the care of the poorest environment, continues to be addressed to the financial crisis due to the reduction of the President’s management and the Supublican-LED Congress size I want a lot about government size.

“President Trump bill,” who passed the beginning of this month, is expected to make a claw $ 750 Mon. “E-Staff Friday, the Organization called Bill A” Great, Destroys Here’s Health “and the starting snow started working, immediately.

And the Trump Administration of the following financial year will lead to the decisions of $ 200-million to be removed from the Department of Health, its obligations include monitoring of disease, dietary and provision of equipment.

“I won’t go wrong. I can’t say we survive,” Barbara Ferrer said the head of the Department of Public Health, in the discussion. “We will not survive a lot.”

Both Ferrer and Head of the Department of Health Christina Ghali warned that the Federal cuts will destroy their organizations – and their workers – the years to come. Employees workers may.

In April, the White House announced the end of the relevant disease grants for $ 1 million, including $ 45 million The La County should have used fighting streams and cold flu. California joined other provinces in court against cutting, and the court released the first stigma to stop the cuts.

This month, the County Department of Health has lost another $ 16 million after receiving Trump’s Bit CUT with the teaching system that receive food stamps on nutrition.

And there is so much to come. The proposed Trump Administration budget for 2026 will be a major explosion but, Ferrer warned, discussed $ 200 million from his department – 12%.

“I’ve been old” I have never seen this disrespect for public health. “

Ferrer said the cuts means he no longer had enough money for the County’s Bioterrorism Watch, cautious out of the potentialation of a Evolution. Soon, he said, County officials should have to stop exploring seawater to poison the year, cut back just half of the year.

“As you want to swim? “That affects everyone who goes to the sea.”

Public health care Director Barbara Ferrer said he binded $ 200 million in support of his budget.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Layoffs may have said Ferrer. About 1,500 government health workers are supported by Kingdom sectors. In addition to the Federal Money The Department finds that you find out to be found in foreign organizations, which may have to make cuts to continue.

The same costal analysis continues to the County Department of Healths, where the management said they expected to reduce $ 280 million for the bill.

“I will not make a promise to avoid shape because of the size of the challenges,” Ughal said.

Ghali said the Bill struck additional Medicaid Medicaid funding usually obtaining careful health care. They expect many patients to be kicked by medicaid because of new qualification and work needs. The Federal Government drops the Emphasized Services for Unregatable People, which means the County will have a lot of pay.

The White House did not respond to the comment request.

The Department of Health Services said they expected to lose $ 750 million a year by 2028. At that time, the budgeting of the agency is expected to be included in $ 15 billion.

In an attempt to pump the extra money to the system, the LA County Managers Voted Tuesday to increase the tax taxi taxed in 2002, which is expected to increase $ 87 million in the Trauma Care Network.

After a long debate on Tuesday, managers Holly Mitchell and Lindsey Horvath worked for $ 9 million for Parcel tax revenue JR.

Without this cash consent from County, the cut Trump’s Bill was to be a hospital for closure, because most patients in their emergency room was in Medicad, said Elaine Batlor, Martin Luther King.

“If they lost their Medicaid setting, we just will not pay those patients,” he said.

Dr. Elinainine Batchchhor, Semlk Community Healthcare official, said his hospital led to the financial rope. Then it was too late.

(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Martin Luther King replaced County Hospital after losing the approval of the country in 2005 due to medical misconduct, to bring you nickname “Killer King. ”

“The fact that the hospital is in the first place, and I intend to do everything I cannot protect the integrity of the services,” said Mitchell, the district we entered from receiving the Parcel tax rising.

Local health suppliers say that changes from state level has caused additional uncertainty. The Kingdom budget is filled with registration in Medi-Cal, California, of the unregistered members of 19 and adults in January. Med-Cal-Cal Recipients of 19 to 59 will have to pay $ 30 a month to start July 1, 2027.

“Many families [we serve] They make about $ 2,400 to $ 2,600 per month. They will have to choose between paying their medi-Cal funds in their four family – that is $ 120 per month – or paying a rent or to pay for the head, “says Jim Mangia, the head of St. John’s head.

St. Clinic Clinic. John, receiving a lot of money for medicine refunds, serves more than 120,000 patients a year, most of them remains under the Federal Poverty line.

If the clinic do not find a way to restore lost money, Mangia warns, services will be reduced. The clinic recently began to treat foreigners in their homes after seeing that they skipped appointments because they were afraid of being arrested for Federal Agents.

“Now what we want to close several health facilities,” said Mangia. “We are looking at the huge staff.”

At the Venice Family Clinic clinic, the public health center that works about 45,000 patients annually, 80% of patients depends on Med-Cants. About half of the clinic’s coins appear in the medical return.

Dr Mitesh Popat, family doctor and clinic’s head, said the Federal policy change – especially the papers and additional worksheets – will probably press the appropriate patients in the medicinal. He said the clinic examines ways to increase the support of patients to navigate the marans and keep their coverage.

“This places a number of obstacles to people who simply have enough challenges in life,” said Popat. “They tried to do it, trying to survive, trying to put food on the table.”