Vaccine Shortage Hits IL Doctors Who Immunize Some Low-Income Kids
Doctors worry they won’t get vaccines in time for flu season for kids on the state’s CHIP health insurance program.
Doctors worry they won’t get vaccines in time for flu season for kids on the state’s CHIP health insurance program.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who also oversees the preserves, said the time’s not right for a tax hike.
Federal agents sought information on ComEd, a speed camera company, video gambling machines, and more.
The Cook County Board president presented her 2020 budget Thursday. And the cost of providing free health care has her on edge.
Forest Preserves leaders and advocates say they need more money to run and improve one of the largest and oldest of its kind in the nation.
For years, conservationists have been sounding the alarm that the expanse of forest preserve needs more money.
It’s the latest salvo in the ongoing conflict about the financial state of one of the country’s largest public health systems.
The Cook County Board froze property taxes 25 years ago, sparing taxpayers but leaving lots of money on the table since then.
The county’s public health system is on track to provide nearly $600 million in unreimbursed care next year.
This year the county’s public health system will provide even more medical care that it won’t get paid for than it has in years past.