Cedars-Sinai And UCLA Cut From Los Angeles Health Plan

Bad News For Cedars-Sinai and UCLA Hospitals
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Ronald Reagan UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) Medical Center is seen on October 9, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has warned that California cash revenues will run out by the end of the month affecting law enforcement agencies, nursing homes and other services and government entities of approximately 5,000 California cities, counties, and school districts. A worldwide credit crunch threatens to derail state plans for a routine $7 billion loan to even out the tax flow into the state treasury. Just two weeks after state lawmakers came to agreement, after months of haggling on a record-overdue state budget, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is warning of future cuts to the state budget to deal with skyrocketing financial problems. A frozen credit market and revenues for the first quarter of the fiscal year that fell more than a billion dollars short of previous projections are causing the governor and state legislative leaders scrambling to deal with a new budget mess. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Ronald Reagan UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) Medical Center is seen on October 9, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has warned that California cash revenues will run out by the end of the month affecting law enforcement agencies, nursing homes and other services and government entities of approximately 5,000 California cities, counties, and school districts. A worldwide credit crunch threatens to derail state plans for a routine $7 billion loan to even out the tax flow into the state treasury. Just two weeks after state lawmakers came to agreement, after months of haggling on a record-overdue state budget, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is warning of future cuts to the state budget to deal with skyrocketing financial problems. A frozen credit market and revenues for the first quarter of the fiscal year that fell more than a billion dollars short of previous projections are causing the governor and state legislative leaders scrambling to deal with a new budget mess. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Two of the most prestigious names in Southern California healthcare — Cedars-Sinai and UCLA — are getting shut out of a major insurance plan for being too expensive.

In a bold cost-cutting move, Anthem Blue Cross has eliminated doctors affiliated with the hospitals from a health plan offered to about 60,000 employees and dependents at the cash-strapped city of Los Angeles.

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