LOS ANGELES – July 12, 2023 – A bill to implement a $25 healthcare worker minimum wage sounds like a great solution for California’s healthcare workforce crisis, but without funding for community health centers, the patients who can least afford it will pay. CCALAC’s Louise McCarthy, El Proyecto del Barrio, Inc.’s Corinne Sánchez, and Valley Community Healthcare’s Paula Wilson share how SB 525 will worsen the crisis for health centers in an op-ed published in Los Angeles Daily News.
Who will pay for a $25 healthcare minimum wage? The patients who can least afford it.
Posted: July 12, 2023