KPCC’s ‘AirTalk’ Discusses Health Care Access for Uninsured Los Angeles County Residents

KPCC's "AirTalk" on Friday included a live discussion from the Los Angeles Free Clinic about providing health care for uninsured Los Angeles County residents. Participants discussed several topics, including methods of providing care through free health clinics and public-private partnerships, the diverse demographics of uninsured residents, challenges faced by the U.S. health care system and macroeconomic factors involved in providing local health care.

Guests on the program included:

• Gerald Kominski, professor of health services and associate director of the University of California-Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research;
  
  
• Jehni Robinson, chief medical officer at the Los Angeles Free Clinic;
  
  
• Robert Ross, president and CEO of the California Endowment; and
  
  
• John Wallace, director of external and government relations for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (Mantle, "AirTalk," KPCC, 12/9).