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MLK Community Hospital at risk of closure starting with maternity ward

By Los Angeles Sentinel  
   June 27, 2024

Reasons cited for the closures happening nationwide include declining birthrates, staffing shortages, increased costs, and Draconian antiabortion laws. An observer noted that hospitals that appear highly likely and easiest to close are often those most reliant on Medicaid, which reimburses at lower rates than commercial insurers, and obstetric unit loss, specifically, is more common among those units that serve a larger share of Black patients.

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