About Author of LA County New Update:

  Dr. Delaney Smith has worked in the health care delivery system of Los Angeles for the past 30 years and is the author of the first Health care Cooperative Plan for the uninsured,  ever reviewed and approved by the State of California Department of Insurance, a plan which was the forerunner to similar plans now referred to "health care access plans". Dr. Smith a physician and pharmacist is the only candidate who has experience that includes dealing with issues of health care delivery within Los Angeles.  More importantly in addition to his knowledge of the problems, of the county's health care delivery system, Dr. Smith has solutions, the candidate of choice, by most area hospital CEOs, many medical groups, and members of Los Angeles County Medical Association.

   Dr. Smith is a Graduate of USC's School of Pharmacy [1974]. Thereafter he completed a residency in Pharmacy at USC and taught pharmacology as a part time clinical Instructor [1975]. After completing medical school at Loyola University of Chicago where he served as freshman year class president, Dr. Smith continued his training as USC LA County Medical Center in Emergency Medicine [1981]. He served as a staff physician at Cedars Sinai Medical Center [1981-83] before returning to south Los Angeles to open the first freestanding Urgent Care Center in the greater Los Angeles area.

  Focus of campaign finance is directed to contributions from medical providers, hospitals, and ancillary service groups, and on a grassroots level to patients, and residents who live within and outside of Los Angeles county who agree that need at least one County Supervisor who has training and experience in dealing with the day to day issues of healthcare delivery within the county.

   As an educator, and proponent of affordable education Dr. Smith is concerned by rising costs in education and feels that there should be legislation for more state and federal grants to offset the cost of education.  In 1974 pharmacy school tuition was $38.00 per credit hour unit. Dr. Smith worked part time during that year, having previously earned a B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Xavier University and was paid $10.00/hr. By comparison he worked 4 hours to pay for each unit, however a pharmacist today earning $50.00/hr would have to work over 20 hours for each unit, to pay for his child's tuition at today's cost that now exceeds $1,000.00/unit. 

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Campaign Contributions May Be Sent To:

Committee to Elect Dr. Delaney Smith
Los Angeles County
P.O. Box 78-159
Los Angeles, California  90016

Telephone: (323) 395-9911
E-mail: drdelaneysmith@gmail.com
Website:  www.delaneysmith.com

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