Voices

“We could see a hundred patients a day. But the county has arbitrarily stated that we have to see 40 or 50 patients a day. [The county] is trying to save money by limiting access to health care.” --A Harbor-UCLA physician

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“You can’t fire people and continue the same level of care... It has been very frustrating. When you feel you have no value as an individual, it’s tremendously demoralizing.” --Dr. Julie Noble, medical director, peidatrics, Community Health Plan

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“Society should be proud to provide care for citizens who can’t afford it. It’s not too popular to be poor right now. There’s this idea that the poor are taking advantage of us. But there are a lot of hardworking poor. And the people we’re serving here aren’t all freeloaders.” --Dr. William French, cardiology