John H Stroger Jr Hospital located at 1969 W Ogden Ave Chicago and Provident Hospital at 500 E. 51st St Chicago are the two main hospitals in the Cook County Health System. There is a suburban location Oak Forest Hospital at 159th and Cicero. Cermak Health Services treats the 5,700 people in Cook County Jail.
There are 15 Community Health Centers.11 in Chicago and 4 in the suburbs. Locations – Cook County Health There are 6,000 health professionals and 1,100 operations staff. The 2022 Hospitals system budget was 3.8 billion dollars. That is 40% of the 8.8 billion Cook County budget.
This looks like the Chicago hospital system to me. I understand the value of this hospital system and that’s why it should be sold to a professional hospital corporation.
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A county government should not be overseeing the hospital system. With close to 500 million dollars in charity services in 2022 it’s another drain on the taxpayers of Cook County.
Selling Cook County Hospitals System will save taxpayers 4 billion dollars a year. Professional hospital corporations are ready to buy. With taxpayers moving daily selling now is a must. Visit dividecookcountyinto3.com
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