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Weiss in Uptown is losing Medicare & Medicaid payments on Saturday, which make up the majority of the $$ the hospital makes. Here's why Weiss closed, per digging into documents and sourcing via me & @kwashburn.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/jp8hb2ey
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Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown on brink of closure
The government is dropping Weiss from Medicare and Medicaid after months of failing to meet federal standards. Hospital staff say it could close Friday.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Weiss in Uptown is losing Medicare & Medicaid payments on Saturday, which make up the majority of the $$ the hospital makes. Here's why Weiss closed, per digging into documents and sourcing via me & @kwashburn.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/jp8hb2ey
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We know what happens when a hospital closes. Look at the unwinding of historic Mercy Hospital in Bronzeville before it was bought for $1. Patients scrambled to find new docs. Other hospital ERs got slammed w/patients: tinyurl.com/3tpzafjw @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com
Saving Mercy Hospital
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August 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We know what happens when a hospital closes. Look at the unwinding of historic Mercy Hospital in Bronzeville before it was bought for $1. Patients scrambled to find new docs. Other hospital ERs got slammed w/patients: tinyurl.com/3tpzafjw @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com
This comes after dozens of families this spring wrote to
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social demanding that hospitals continue treatment, even if the Trump administration threatened to take away funding. But more hospitals cut back care instead: tinyurl.com/5n6jc85u @wbez.org
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social demanding that hospitals continue treatment, even if the Trump administration threatened to take away funding. But more hospitals cut back care instead: tinyurl.com/5n6jc85u @wbez.org
Families turn to Illinois Attorney General to help bring back surgeries for transgender youth
Kwame Raoul says state law bans hospitals from discriminating against patients because of their gender identity. Some stopped trans surgeries anyway.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This comes after dozens of families this spring wrote to
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social demanding that hospitals continue treatment, even if the Trump administration threatened to take away funding. But more hospitals cut back care instead: tinyurl.com/5n6jc85u @wbez.org
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social demanding that hospitals continue treatment, even if the Trump administration threatened to take away funding. But more hospitals cut back care instead: tinyurl.com/5n6jc85u @wbez.org