Health & Medicine’s Executive Director Margie Schaps today released a statement on the passage of the American Health Care Act. We at Health & Medicine stand in solidarity with the over 60% of Americans who believe that the government should be responsible for ensuring health coverage for...
On April 28, 2017 Health & Medicine’s Director of Health Equity, Wesley Epplin, testified before the Cook County Health & Hospitals Board in response to changes in immigration policies in the County providing recommendations on issues System’s leadership and staff should respond to...
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Health & Medicine would like to announce two great resources recently made available online: CATCH-ON and ENGAGE-IL. Our own Chicago Area Health Education Center (AHEC) at Health & Medicine and Center for Long Term Care Reform have teamed up to help review and define these two programs as...
On February 24, 2017 Health & Medicine Board Member Linda Rae Murray M.D. MPH testified before the Cook County Health & Hospitals Board in response to changes in immigration policies in the County. Good morning. On behalf of the Board of Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, I ask...
During Health & Medicine’s January Board meeting, founding Board Member Lon Berkeley was honored by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Office of Regional Operations for his lifelong commitment and dedication to community service, health equity, and engagement...
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Chicago Tribune piece by Wesley Epplin, Health & Medicine Policy Director, and Margie Schaps, Health & Medicine Executive Director. We applaud the Tribune Editorial Board’s “The beauty of a clean slate” for calling on the city to make a critical and long-overdue investment in...
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New York Times piece by Wesley Epplin, Health & Medicine Policy Director. Current and historical structural racism, as well as economic and political power inequities, help illuminate the unfairness described in your article. Read the full piece here.
Health & Medicine’s Executive Director Margie Schaps shared the following statement on the passing of the organization’s founder, Dr. Quentin D. Young. Additional remembrances can be found on our blog. To make a gift in memory of Dr. Young, please click here. “Margie, what have we...
Chicago Tribune piece by Margie Schaps, Health & Medicine Executive Director. It was 37 minutes past noon during Gov. Bruce Rauner’s State of the State address on Wednesday when he finally mentioned Illinois’ lack of a budget. Read the full piece here.