Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Lobbying Hard for Tax-exempt Status, Reductions in Medicaid Cuts
But lawmakers say day of reckoning has come for Illinois.
Two major issues drew leaders from Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare to Springfield this week: Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed $2.7 billion Medicaid cut and the hospital's desire to re-instate its tax-exampt status. Both issues are taking center-stage at the same time Elmhurst Memorial is facing hundreds of millions of dollars in debt due to the construction of its new facility on Brush Hill Road. The hospital also is in talks with Northwestern Memorial Healthcare about a possible merger. 'Rendezvous With Reality' EMHC representatives met with state legislators Wednesday to discuss the consequences of Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed 23 percent Medicaid cut. The cuts are so drastic, they say, it would force hospitals across the state to reduce or eliminate …
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Jim Court
9:20 am on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Recently I was a patient. As much as I am a fan of dramatic architecture and expensive building materials, is this appropriate for a hospital ? I am sure that this is reflected in the exorbitant bills that get mentioned. Shouldn't a facility be simply efficient and well designed ? Trump Towers is nice but it adds nothing towards effective delivery of health care. I have been told that once I see … more ›