uncompensated care

County officials attributed the balanced proposal to 15 years of fiscal discipline, which allowed local government to absorb severe external financial shocks, including federal funding rollbacks and court-ordered revenue freezes. #cookcounty

Officials said the increase was driven largely by rising uncompensated care costs, including Medicare and Medicaid losses, unrecoverable patient debt, and the first full year of operations for UChicago Medicine Crown Point in Northwest Indiana. #investment #uchicago #benefits