State Representative Jennifer Sanalitro of Hanover Park, Illinois, is emphasizing the significance of Financial Literacy Month and highlighting resources available to address medical debt for DuPage County residents. She urges individuals to take advantage of the services provided by the DuPage Health Coalition's Medical Debt Care DuPage program."Addressing medical debt is crucial for securing a healthy financial future for many families. I urge everyone who needs help to reach out to the DuPage Health Coalition. It’s a great step towards financial recovery and.
Updated 12/30/2020 7:56 AM
From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials warned that every American was vulnerable to infection and the virus would not discriminate.
But that s exactly what it did.
Black and Hispanic residents were infected and died from COVID-19 at higher rates than other races and ethnicities in Illinois and throughout the country, provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
That s the case in Chicago and many suburbs as well.
According to data available from the Illinois Department of Public Health and local public health departments:
• Deaths of Hispanic residents of Chicago and the suburbs from COVID-19 occurred at a rate two times higher than deaths of Hispanic residents from all causes in 2019.
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