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Mattoon, IL, USA / MyRadioLink.com For Immediate Release – April 27, 2021 Gov. Pritzker Signs Equity Driven Healthcare Reform Legislation SPRINGFIELD – In a major step forward in the work to expand health equity across Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker today signed the Health Care and Human Services Reform Act into law. The legislation, which represents the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus’ healthcare pillar, takes sweeping action to address health inequities and obstacles while establishing new programs, increasing oversight and trainings, building out a Community Health Worker certification and training program and improving transparency. “Today, it’s my privilege to sign the fourth and final pillar from the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus into law, the Illinois Health Care and Human Services Reform Act,” ....
Forty percent more Black and Hispanic residents of Illinois nursing homes died from COVID-19 than would be expected, in part because they were more likely than whites to be living in three- and four-person rooms. That statistic on preventable deaths related to overcrowding, as well as other numbers described as “tragic” and “a call to action” by advocates for nursing home residents, were presented to two Illinois House committees Wednesday by officials from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The HFS analysis of COVID-19-related deaths between March 2020 and July 2020 the first wave of the pandemic provided the first in-depth look at racial and ethnic disparities surrounding the way nursing home residents are housed. ....
- It s Just Me . . . - Thursday, Apr 29, 21 @ 12:24 pm: This we have known for a long time. It hurts my heart and soul. As if poor wasn’t bad enough, then to be Black or Hispanic. It is not just our sorry state, but our sorry USA. So many injustices in the medical industry, as with others; housing, law enforcement, environmental, employment, etc. - Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Apr 29, 21 @ 12:27 pm: And yet, many on the right continue to claim there is no systemic racism… Is the ability to afford a private or two person room systemic racism? I think not.but just in case it is, this is what socialized healthcare looks like around the world. The wealthy will always find the best care and facilities. ....
Overcrowded nursing homes led to disproportionate number of preventable deaths among Black and Latino residents, state says msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pritzker Signs Health Care Reform Bill Into Law altondailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from altondailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.