Militant/Elizabeth Lariscy

Some 1,000 people held a protest outside Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting June 27 against planned drastic cuts in health care services. The officials later voted unanimously to lay off 5,000 of 23,000 workers, close 11 of 18 public health clinics, and end inpatient services at one hospital. More cutbacks are planned next fall. The county health-care system provides services for 800,000 mostly uninsured people annually.  
 
 
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