A huge chunk of funding—$750 million annually—is about to vanish from Los Angeles County’s public health system due to federal tax cuts pushed by Republicans and signed by Trump. This puts immense pressure on the county’s four hospitals and dozens of clinics, which serve some of the region’s most vulnerable residents.

Editor’s Note: This isn’t just bureaucratic belt-tightening—real people rely on these hospitals and clinics for critical care. If the cuts go through, wait times could spike, services might shrink, and the entire system could buckle under the strain. For a county already stretched thin, this could be a breaking point.