Hundreds of people living in Soul Housing recuperative care facilities across Los Angeles County are expected to be discharged this week after their health insurance plan ended its contract with the company, according to the nonprofit agency.
There appears to be no clear plan for where most of those residents will go next.
The likely mass exodus comes after health insurance plan Health Net terminated its contract with nonprofit Soul Housing, which was — until recently — L.A. County’s largest recuperative care provider, with more than 1,300 beds across 16 facilities.
Recuperative care facilities are meant to provide medical stabilization and housing, often for people leaving hospitals who are too sick to be on the street. Soul Housing has provided that care through the state’s expanded M