Since 2022, Cook County has erased over $1B in medical debt for more than 791K residents

Since 2022, Cook County has erased more than $1 billion in medical debt for more than 791,000 residents. Eligible debt is ...
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Are you eligible for Cook County’s Medical Debt Relief Initiative?

Cook County Deputy Chief of Staff for Health Matt Richards joins Bob Sirott to talk about the county’s partnership with Undue ...
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Family sues Cook Co., medical examiner's office after relative went unidentified for nearly 2 years

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of Jermaine Richards has filed a lawsuit against the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office and the county itself, ...
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Cook County medical examiner working to identify 56 decomposing bodies found at Chicago funeral home

Dozens of decomposing bodies were removed from a Southeast Side funeral home Friday morning after they were discovered Thursday evening. The Cook County Medical Examiner is trying to identify the ...
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Cook County Tried to Rid People of Medical Debt, but, for Many, Help Comes Too Late

The data from the Cook County Medical Debt Relief Initiative revealed that a significant number of people whose debts were forgiven through the program made less than 200% of the federal poverty level ...
Chicago Tribune

Cook County Health, University of Illinois medical school expand partnership for patient care, training, research

Two major Chicago public institutions — Cook County Health and the University of Illinois College of Medicine — are expanding their partnership to provide care to patients, more training for medical ...