FEMALE NEWSREADER:
LAURA SULLIVAN:
MALE NEWSREADER:
It’s a huge problem not just in the Latino community, but also in the Black community.
LAURA SULLIVAN:
This is a story about those hospitals, largely government-funded, whose primary mission is to care for the poor and uninsured. They’re called safety-net hospitals.
BRAD SPELLBERG, M.D., Chief Med. Director, LAC+USC:
Why are safety nets hit the hardest? Because our patients are vulnerable. We serve a community of working poor. We serve people who are working essential jobs.
Buenos días, señor.
Homeless patients. Patients with mental illness. Substance abuse addiction disorder. We are expected to care for the patients the other hospitals won’t care for.