Health & Medicine’s Wesley Epplin, Policy Director and Director of Health Equity, provided testimony today to the Health & Hospitals Committee of the Cook County Board of Commissioners regarding the Cook County Health CEO position.

“In brief, for the Cook County Health CEO position, we need someone committed to social justice and health equity; who has public health experience and a track record of action on root causes of health inequities; and someone with experience in public health care, Medicaid, managed care, and working with unions,” he said.

Read the full testimony here.