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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
2 Chicago-Area Hospitals Will Go Into Receivership, But Priority Will Be To Stabilize Them, Not Reopen Them
Chicago Tribune: Judge To Appoint Receiver To Take Control Of West Suburban, Weiss
A Cook County judge said Friday he plans to appoint a receiver over West Suburban and Weiss Memorial hospitals to get them “under control,” after months of battles in court over their future. Though the hospitals’ current owners and many community members have said they want to see the safety net hospitals reopened, the receiver’s immediate job won’t be to reopen the facilities, but rather to stabilize the situation, Cook County Circuit Judge Patrick Stanton said at a hearing Friday afternoon. (Schencker, 9/11)
More health news from across the U.S. —
The Baltimore Sun: Baltimore Considers New Agency To Divert Thousands Of 911 Calls From Police
Baltimore is creating a new $16.8 million agency to send clinicians, social workers, and other responders to thousands of 911 calls now handled by police, an effort officials say will give the city a 24/7 alternative for nonviolent emergencies. (Pryce, 9/14)
North Carolina Health News: A Drug Conviction Can Mean A Lifetime Without SNAP In NC
Jennifer McCord, who became disabled in 2021 after a drunk driver crashed into her car, relies on $994 in Social Security disability income each month. Nearly $700 goes toward rent for a studio apartment in Asheboro. Then she pays her phone, internet and car bills. Typically, she said, she has $30 to $50 left for food each month. Sometimes, there’s nothing. (Crumpler, 9/14)
The New York Times: Dr. Anthony Robbins, Who Expanded Health Care For The Poor, Dies At 85
The milk truck would pull up to the house, and out would come the groceries — not just milk, but also eggs, cheese, juice, cereal and baby formula. It might have stopped at a rich family’s house, or a poor one. No one could tell the difference, which was precisely the point. Vermont’s supplemental food program for low-income women, infants and children, the first in the nation to be implemented statewide, began in 1974. It was the brainchild in part of Dr. Anthony Robbins, then one of the country’s youngest state health commissioners, at 33; he had secured a federal grant to made the program possible. (Longman, 9/13)
The New York Times: An Unusual Plume Of Dust Heads To Florida
A layer of Saharan dust half the size of the continental United States filled the atmosphere over much of the Caribbean on Saturday and was filtering into South Florida. The cloud is unusually large for this time of year. The particle-filled air makes skies hazy and can degrade air quality. (Graff, 9/12)
KFF Health News: KFF Health News’ ‘On Air’: Journalists Detail Data On Suicide, Primary Care Shortages, And Gun Violence
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed Louisiana sheriffs’ spending of opioid settlement payouts on Attitude With Arnie Arnesen on Sept. 1. Pattani also discussed addressing loneliness and isolation as part of suicide prevention on Good Faith Media’s Our Stigma on Aug. 31. (9/12)
