By Jennifer M.
Good morning. The building has been undergoing lots of renovations. This morning I noticed the UCLA health flag flying.
This is at 111 East Victoria Street.
Update:
Apparently UCLA health by Cottage is moving to this new location
UCLA Health Sets Up Downtown
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August 15, 2023, 11:46 am
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Isn’t anyone else embarrassed by the rush of UCLA to open offices in affluent areas (Montecito, Santa Barbara, West LA, Malibu, Westlake, Manhatten Beach, etc.) and not in South LA or Oxnard or Santa Maria or Lompoc or Fontana….? This is a publicly funded institution that should be providing services to the public, not just the rich who can afford it.
What a great point, thou hast made. One may question, is there a clinic in Compton? The Avenue in the Ventu?? A UCLA in I.V. for students?? Lemme know…New and Old Cuyama, CA ???
Hmmm. Thanks for pointing out the inadequacies. And, possible regional biases.. Not sure we need L.A, in S.B. so, it’s obviously inevitable, as one may pout and guess, complain, regress, and ultimately regress.
Globally affluent and strongly financially backed institutions see growth as their main factorgoal, in-order-to their continuing existence.
Well, most physicians are on your side of this issue, not that of the insurance companies. I’m one of them.
Still can’t manage a reply, though.
Yeah it is interesting. Embarrassing? No. Unfortunate? Yeah. Medicine is largely going that way, even with what you’d think are the “serve-all” academic institutions. Stanford has the same program happening up in the Bay area. It’s been going on for almost 10 years now. They expand into markets where people HAVE insurance. When it comes down to it, these expansions are about business. The more patients you see that have no insurance, the more money you lose. And then you fold up shop or find a better way. Ask a local doctor. Some go concierge. I’m not defending any of this. It’s just the reality. Big picture healthcare problem in the US, but particularly bad in SB, where reimbursements from payers (insurance companies and government programs) are very low, which is backwards since we live in a very expensive place. It is what it is until it gets changed.
@2:17, I agree. Those that aren’t contributing – middlemen – are the problem. Voters have to make this happen though.
Look at that! Some common ground 🙂
I also agree. For a wealthy first world country, our medical system (and insurance system) is horrendous.
Absolutely time to join the civilized world with single-payer health insurance for all. Get the greed, and the greedy middlemen, out of healthcare.
Amazing to see we agree on that! Yes, having traveled (and required medical attention) abroad in other developed countries, it’s always a bummer when you realize how awful our medical coverage is here. Women paying tens of thousands of dollars to give birth (with maybe 4 weeks maternity leave), while in most other countries, birth is free along with sometimes a year of paid leave. Until we start treating our citizens better, we will never truly be a “developed” country IMO.
Awww–that meet cute moment when Sac and Basic realize they are both Socialists!
ALEX – not a bad thing at all! Socialized healthcare is one of the things that allows Europeans to live such a happier life.
Sac–no doubt at all, I agree. I think it’s funny when people like Basic suddenly embrace Socialist ideas when it benefits them.
ALEX – exactly
and other countries having generous paternal leave. But those countries aren’t waging wars like we do and their safety nets help contribute to a lower crime rate. There’s a lot of anger and dread here.
In the past, whenever the single payer health debate comes up in this country, the Chicken Littles always start raging about what it’s done to the Canadian (1966) and British (1948) healthcare systems. I don’t ever recall reading/hearing about movements in either county trying to get rid of it.
Not even dude – way off. It’s about lowering costs by eliminating the red tape and money grabbers that lurk between doctors and patients.
BASIC – who are you replying to? Are you not for the government providing universal healthcare?
For too long Sansum has been the 400 lb gorilla on town when it comes to outpatient care. Glad they are getting a little competition!
UCLA sucks the life out of your CURRENT provider.
I know because now I go to Cedars where those bozo’s from UCLA can’t get a job.
Pack sand UCLA.
Hooray! Now bring in some OBGYNs so we can actually get an appointment without having to go to Sansum or paying a “concierge fee” by private doctors.
I use an amazing veterinary medical insurance called Trupanion, started by a vet from Solvang. After your pet has their treatment the vet’s office sends in the claim, it is approved, and you are asked to pay your percentage due. The rest has already been reimbursed to the vet. That’s how medical insurance should operate. But there is no human medical insurance that comes close to that level of efficiency. I have had bills arrive more than a year after treatment, long after you have healed and moved on. As for UCLA, I very much welcome them in the local medical marketplace. Monopolies like Sansum or Cox never have incentive to give best service.
What is
“UCLA Health by Cottage”???
“By” as in “near”, they’re not affiliated as far as I know!
I’m Assuming that to mean corner of Bath & W. Quinto:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.432271,-119.7244311,3a,31.4y,211.31h,82.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_Reqz5fPkuTuoBS7QRN2kg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
ie. meaning “Near Cottage”, of course I could be totally wrong (hence the assumption).
Does CHCS own UCLA? Anyone??