LA County Medical Association Joins Forces With LA County Podiatric Medical Society to Protect Patients From Proposed Cal MediConnect Pilot

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 6, 2013) — The Los Angeles County Medical Association for the first time is forging an alliance with the Los Angeles County Podiatric Medical Society to challenge the ill-conceived federal/state Cal MediConnect project that will marginalize some of the state’s most vulnerable patients.The groups formed a joint task force to persuade federal and state officials to cancel a hastily conceived and developed pilot program that will threaten the care of as many as 200,000 mostly elderly, low-income and disabled patients in Los Angeles County.

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