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Repealing the Affordable Care Act: What’s at Stake in Los Angeles County?

Posted: January 18, 2017

By Louise McCarthy, MPP, CCALAC President and CEO

Here in Los Angeles, across California and throughout the United States, non-profit community clinics and health centers provide quality care to all, regardless of ability to pay. From the Antelope Valley to Long Beach, and from Venice to the San Gabriel Valley, LA’s clinics have been working tirelessly to transform and improve care for our County’s most vulnerable. But coverage matters: clinics cannot expand or improve care if everyone is uninsured.

There is so much at stake when it comes to the repeal of the Affordable Care Act: lives are at stake; jobs are at stake; and our economy is at stake. Continue reading