L.A. Hospital Overcrowding Worse; Funding Jeopardized
Overcrowding reached "dangerous" levels for eight hours every day in July at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, worse than the roughly four hours of "dangerous" overcrowding daily throughout June, according to a report by the Department of Health Care Services. Federal officials are investigating reports of long wait times at the facility and are considering halting Medicare payment.
- "County-USC Admits Overcrowding Is Worse" (Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9/1).