UCLA and Health Care LA have decided to terminate a longtime contract between them that ensured Medi-Cal patients access to specialty care at UCLA. This resulted in:
9,000+
Medi-Cal patients lost access to UCLA care when the Health Care LA contract ended
4,000+
of them are children with complex medical needs
Sources: Health Care LA, IPA, press release, Sept. 2, 2026; Los Angeles Times, Sept. 5, 2026
This change represents a further step in UCLA Health’s ongoing complicity in advancing the Medical-Industrial Complex at the cost of the patients and communities it prides itself on supposedly serving.
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