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Pro Bono

Dec. 1, 2006

Strength in Numbers

Seven nonprofits and two private firms saved a critical piece of Los Angeles County's health care system.

By Anne Marie Ruff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      For the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, facing a major budget shortfall in 2003, Rancho Los Amigos rehabilitative hospital in Downey looked like a big drain on public funds. The hospital's patients, most of whom have severe or multiple disabilities, tend to be expensive.
      But to patient Susan Rodde, Rancho Los Amigos was a home away f...

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