nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||Hospitals Serving The Poor Struggled During COVID. Wealthy Hospitals Made Millions||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The financial gap between wealthy hospitals and safety-net hospitals, which take everyone who walks through their doors, has widened during the pandemic, an NPR and PBS Frontline investigation found.

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Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center is one of the largest safety-net hospitals in the country.



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Hospitals Serving The Poor Struggled During COVID. Wealthy Hospitals Made Millions

The financial gap between wealthy hospitals and safety-net hospitals, which take everyone who walks through their doors, has widened during the pandemic, an NPR and PBS Frontline investigation found.