Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, which serves as much of South Los Angeles' primary emergency healthcare provider, may soon run out of money leaving more than a million residents without a nearby hospital.
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital , which serves as much of South Los Angeles ' primary emergency healthcare provider, may soon run out of money, according to the Los Angeles Times. The nonprofit hospital opened in 2015, replacing the disgraced Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, which was shutdown for poorly meeting patient's needs. With so few healthcare options available, the news has many of the 1.
'The state-of-the-art hospital, which features more than 130 patient beds, says that they're struggling to pay bills in a traditionally low-income community where many are either uninsured or rely on public resources to pay for bills. In 2022 alone, they say that 96% of the hospital's patients had their care covered by Medi-Cal, a federal insurance program that serves low-income families.
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital South Los Angeles Emergency Healthcare Financial Crisis Nonprofit Hospital Patient Needs Healthcare Options Emergency Room Busiest In The Nation 102 000 Patients
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