County Again Barred From Closing Rancho
Bolstering her earlier rulings, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday that bars Los Angeles County from closing Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center until it can demonstrate that disabled Medi-Cal patients will receive comparable and timely care from other providers.
In a 19-page order that relied heavily on sworn declarations from doctors and health-care experts, the judge found that “if Rancho closes, many of the needs of these patients ... could not and would not be met in the Los Angeles area.”
It could be months before the case goes to trial.
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