The estimated spike in charity care for low-income people is part of the health system’s preliminary $4.7 billion budget for 2027. It’s a slimmer budget by more than $400 million compared to this year.
The estimated spike in charity care for low-income people is part of the health system’s preliminary $4.7 billion budget for 2027. It’s a slimmer budget by more than $400 million compared to this year.
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Every single one of the “charity” cares I contacted will not take you if you are not working. If you are working you can afford to buy healthcare insurance. I see this as a scam by non-profits to get aid money and not have to provide service. You can’t produce a pay stub, no care. It’s simply a con.
It doesn’t matter how much it cost, as long as you feel good about the effort.
In other words, illegal aliens are sucking Illinois taxpayers and hospitals dry!! Great job Pritzker, keep feeding the vermin and they will never leave
Lets do a deeper dive into this. How much of this rise in free health care can be attributed to illegal immigrants seeking help ?
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According to Bobby Kennedy of HHS, nearly all of it.
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