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Like many other small and medium sized businesses in Illinois, independent pharmacies are facing significant challenges in today’s competitive environment... #pharmacies

“We all know about the hospital price transparency rules, the mandates that require hospitals to post the negotiated rate, that cash price, that list price for their services,” said Joe Wisniewski, head of platform growth with Turquoise Health. #health

UChicago Medicine’s annual community benefit investment has more than doubled since 2013, bringing the health system’s total reported community investments to more than $5 billion over the past decade. #healthcare #uchicago #healthdisparities

Illinois has seen over 18,000 noncitizens arrive over the past 13 months, and more are expected to continue being bused to Illinois after crossing the southern U.S. border. #migrants

Because the individuals are not citizens, the federal government does not match the state’s contributions to the program. #healthcare

As nurse practitioners, our practice is dedicated to providing premium healthcare at affordable prices. #healthccare #copay

Odom and Wall identified several talented SkillBridge interns to join the UCCCC clinical research workforce. #Uchicago

These funds are being spent in underserved communities to fill gaps that exist in the healthcare system, with a focus on underlying conditions in areas of the state that are high on the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's social vulnerability index scale, and communities that have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. #healthcare

“Improving healthcare outcomes and reducing the disparities present in the Southland and across Cook County begins with making sure everyone in Cook County has convenient and local access to fresh produce and food,” said Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller. #DonnaMiller

This funding initiative, which is just one facet of Northwestern Medicine’s community giving campaign, offered grants to local agencies supporting specific health and wellness projects.