PBS NewsHour

For LA’s homeless, housing could be cure for chronic illness

Clip: 12/12/2014 | 7m 47s

Los Angeles' homeless residents often struggle with chronic physical and mental illnesses -- health crises made worse by life on the streets. Hari Sreenivasan explores a Medicaid-funded initiative that aims to provide 10,000 of L.A.’s sickest homeless people with permanent housing -- perhaps the most basic way to improve health and reduce medical costs.

Aired: 12/12/14

Rating: NR

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