I'll tell you why. It has a bad case of the Mexicans. They are voting for liberal politicians that are bleeding the state dry. They are turning California into another Mexico.
I thought I saw somewhere that your economy is booming. I know your crime is down.
Recorded crime is down because we are putting record numbers of criminals in jail. About two million of them.
The crime of illegally entering the United States is up. But it isn't recorded if they don't catch the creep.
The new hospital gets the patients who can afford to pay for the new equipment or who have good insurance.
Really, how does that work? Are the new hospitals refusing to treat illegals?
It's not that the hospitals close because they have too many illegals, it's because they don't have enough rich folk.
That's right because, like I said, illegals are driving good people away.
That's what crime does, it destroys wealth. And illegals are criminals.
Hate to tell you this but the total population growth in CA is pulling away from the rest of the states.
Often times they refuse to treat people without excellent insurance or credit cards with large limits.
The federal government requires only that emergency rooms of hospitals that accept Medicare stabilize anyone who is brought in. After they are stable, the hospital has no further obligation unless state law, local laws, or hospital policies require it. (Some are nonprofit charitable organizations)
Like all businesses, some hospitals are willing to take less desirable credit risks. There is nothing unique to illegal laborers and older hospitals closing. Or any type older business closing in light of new competition.
And Los Angeles home values have tripled in five years. Imagine that!
All your Southwest doom and gloom is nonsense unless you're scared of a little rain.