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Wednesday, September 01, 2010

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.