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Thursday, September 02, 2010

Groups To Extend Homeless Patient Placement Program

Next month, the National Health Foundation and the Illumination Foundation will expand to Los Angeles County a program that places homeless patients discharged from hospitals into recuperative care "pods." The program has been successful in Orange County and will receive a $50,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente. Officials also expect to receive $100,000 in funding from the California Endowment.

Reader Comments:
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  • 09/03/2010
  • John Inca

It is important that readers know that Kaiser Permanente has been caught repeatedly dumping patients.

Kaiser has been ordered to provide funds for homeless medical care programs because Kaiser was caught shirking its legal responsibility and truly abusing other human beings.

Kaiser should be held in scorn for their atrocious behavior and should have lost its tax exemption years ago.



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