Healthcare/Hospital Law
Sep. 16, 2008
South L.A. Clinics May Lose Tobacco Settlement Funds
County supervisors today will consider how much tobacco settlement money they should give to the county's free clinics, or whether most of those funds should go to closing the county Health Department's budget gap.
By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Just four months ago, the county Board of Supervisors voted to infuse nearly $45 million of tobacco settlement money into dozens of health clinics in South Los Angeles to address unequal government funding that has plagued one of the unhealthiest areas in the region. Now those free clinics, which treat uninsured children and adults, may receive just a sliver of that money - $3.5 million...
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Just four months ago, the county Board of Supervisors voted to infuse nearly $45 million of tobacco settlement money into dozens of health clinics in South Los Angeles to address unequal government funding that has plagued one of the unhealthiest areas in the region. Now those free clinics, which treat uninsured children and adults, may receive just a sliver of that money - $3.5 million...
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