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Article: Federal funds keep L.A. health clinics in business.(Health Care: Private Intervention)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- May 26, 1997
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More than any other large metropolitan area, L.A. County relies to a great degree on federal dollars to support its health care system - a trend that increased in the 1990s as the recession cut into state and local revenues.
"The federal government (is where) we really tapped into for funding because there was no one else to turn to," said Donald C. Petite, controller for the county's Department of Health Services.
Federal health care funds were boosted last year by the County Medicaid Demonstration Project, also known as the 1115 Waiver.
The program, brokered by Gov. Pete Wilson and the Clinton Administration following the county budget shortfall for the 1995-96 fiscal ...
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