About Advocacy
Through HASC’s advocacy work, we give hospitals the tools, skills and support they need to make their vision happen. We empower you with the scale of our membership, represent your concerns and priorities, press for recognition of your needs, and insist on the importance of your voice in public policy.
LA County Hospitals: Challenges, Impact and Opportunities
On September 25, 2025, HASC convened leading health care stakeholders, policy makers, community members and hospital executives at the Arizona State University California Center Broadway in downtown Los Angeles for its State of the Hospitals: Los Angeles County forum. Attendees heard in-depth perspectives, data and strategies addressing the most urgent challenges facing hospitals in Los […]
Safeguarding Our Safety Net: The Urgent Need to Support Local Hospitals
Hospitals are more than buildings, they’re lifelines. They stand ready to care for anyone who walks through their doors — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — regardless of ability to pay. Our hospitals are where life begins, suffering is eased and lives are saved. Hospitals are the ultimate safety net. But today,...
New Initiative May Add Financial Pressure for LA Hospitals
As hospitals in California face serious threats at the federal level — including deep cuts to Medicaid — we are also seeing local efforts that, if enacted, could impose yet another costly mandate on hospitals. Recently, a petition was filed with the City of Los Angeles that would establish a citywide minimum wage for all...