Cook County Hospital, Chicago

Our health care system is under attack! Our hospitals and clinics which serve over 80% poor, black, latino and immigrant people is being dismantled and if we don’t fight back against these attacks it will remain only the skeleton of it’s former self.  Where will we go when we get sick and can’t afford the $10-$50 dollar co-pays per clinic visit?!  What clinics will we go to when they become run by the federal government and bill for their services?  Where will we get our medicines when our pharmacies are eliminated because our clinics are sold off?  What hospital will we go to when the in-patient services are eliminated? This is what CEO Foley and the new governing board is proposing.  Already over 300 nurses, doctors and medical staff received their lay off notices and there are still more to come!  Every attack on our health care workers and our hospitals and clinics is ultimately an attack on us. We cannot remain silent! We have got to fight back.  THESE ARE THE PROPOSED CUTS:

• Eliminate all of inpatient care at Provident Hospital!
• Eliminate all of inpatient care at Oak Forest Hospital!
• Close more ACHN clinics and turn others like Robbins Community Clinic and Cottage Grove into Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC’s)!
• Charge $10 co-pays for every clinic visit!
• 900 unfilled positions are already eliminated!
• 500 more lay-offs still to come!

Foley took charge of Cook County's troubled health system in May. Photo: Erik Unger

Foley and the governing board have planned town hall meetings where they aim to fool our community into accepting these changes.  We will be going with the aim to expose their lies.  We will also be organizing a demonstration in front of the hospital and so we need everyone’s input and participation.

PROTEST/PROTESTA

@ STROGER HOSPITAL

Wednesday November 4^th

4:00pm