Skid Row

Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’? The scenes of skid row, testimonials of dumping patients into the streets, and images of taxi cabs. I guess that is where our insanely expensive health care fees originate from, taxi cabs in LA. From the westside sky rises to the streets of San Pedro and 10th. Anyways, flash forward to the present and the illegal dumping practices employed by College Hospital are getting their time in judicial Review. 

 The LA Times writes, “Two suburban psychiatric hospitals sent more than 150 patients to fend for themselves on skid row over a two-year period, according to prosecutors who announced today the largest settlement yet in L.A.’s campaign against patient dumping.” Read more about the situation here.