{"id":81658,"date":"2026-06-11T20:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=81658"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:19:47","slug":"statement-on-behalf-of-dr-christina-ghaly-director-of-la-health-services-on-the-passing-of-measure-er","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=81658","title":{"rendered":"Statement on behalf of Dr. Christina Ghaly, Director of LA Health Services, on the passing of Measure ER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>Today, LA County hospitals, emergency rooms, and urgent cares are grateful to county voters for standing up for patients and protecting life-saving care for the 10 million people who call LA County home.\u00a0<\/em><em>Measure ER is a desperately needed lifeline for our safety net healthcare system.\u00a0LA Health\u00a0Services estimates it will receive\u00a0$220 million each year for five years,\u00a0helping\u00a0keep\u00a0our public\u00a0hospitals\u00a0and clinics\u00a0afloat.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>However, taxpayers alone cannot foot the massive bill we have on our hands. Public hospitals are counting on California state leaders to step up and help close the $700 million gap created by state and federal changes to healthcare funding.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cToday, LA County hospitals, emergency rooms,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81659,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81658\/revisions\/81659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}