LA County&#39;s sick health care system
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By Behzad Raghian | October 8, 2004 | Page 2. LOS ANGELESâ public health care system is spiraling deeper into chaos after last monthâs announcement that the County Board of Supervisors plans to close the
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep.
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LOS ANGELES  Overcrowding and staff shortages at Los Angeles County jails is forcing some incoming inmates with medical problems to sleep on floors while waiting to be transferred to cellblocks.
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The health problems of low-income and uninsured residents in the Washington area require solutions that are often regional in nature, according to a report released yesterday calling for collaboration in care not confined by city or suburban boundaries.
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Frustrated that Prince George's County leaders have no solution for their hospital system's financial troubles, the county's legislative delegation introduced a bill yesterday that would transfer ownership of the system to a state authority.
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A Montgomery County hospital where a 29-year-old patient suffered extreme malnutrition before his death could face steep state fines within weeks and even the loss of federal Medicare funding this fall because of serious failings in care.
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By Joshua Norman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 1--BILOXI -- Affordable health care is an oxymoron in some parts of the country, but the Coastal Family Health Center continues to make strides toward making it a reality here.
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LOS ANGELES -- Responding to medical lapses and patient deaths, Los Angeles County officials might authorize a private consulting firm to manage beleaguered Martin Luther King Jr.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggerâs recent relaxation of nursing-to-patient ratios have local health officials elated but provides little relief for a public hospital already
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Six months ago, the death of a 12-year-old Prince George's County boy from untreated dental decay shed a grim spotlight on gaps in federal and state medical assistance programs charged with providing care to 30 million poor children.
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VICTORIA&#39;S health system is in crisis with revelations that mentally ill patients are being &quot;shackled&quot; to trolleys in public hospitals.
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The District is seeing more avoidable hospitalizations among children and middle-aged adults, a puzzling trend that includes insured and uninsured groups and raises complex issues of health-care access, quality and capacity.
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LOS ANGELES -- Financial problems caused mainly by the treatment of uninsured patients have forced two emergency rooms to close in Los Angles County, raising concerns that other facilities may be overwhelmed.
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By Reid Magney, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 12--La Crosse County says it has negotiated a substantial reduction  in fines levied by the state against Lakeview Health Center after a resident  died in 2005.
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LOS ANGELES -- Already struggling financially because of patients who do not pay, the county&#39;s emergency rooms could face more money woes and crowding because of the flu vaccine shortage.
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LOS ANGELES -- Health officials plan to announce Monday whether the death of a 62-year-old Claremont, Calif., man was the fourth in Los Angeles County known to have been caused by West Nile virus.
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LOS ANGELES The number of uninsured patients using emergency rooms as their primary care facility has become so huge, it&#39;s put Los Angeles County&#39;s emergency system &quot;on the brink of absolute chaos.