“You know, it was stupid, absolutely stupid,...
“You know, it was stupid, absolutely stupid, to put a fee on in the first place.”
--Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, as he and his colleagues voted to suspend the $20 fee charged for diagnosis and treatment of venereal diseases and tuberculosis at county-run health clinics, a fee that some health officials believe has contributed to a rise in syphilis.
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