New York hospital executive officially appointed as next Cook County Health leader, vows to be ‘fiscally, financially resilient’ – Chicago Tribune*

Israel Rocha Jr., will have to grapple ballooning costs from uncompensated medical care, of which the two hospitals provide the majority within the region, as well as likely budget cuts due to revenue shortfalls from the coronavirus pandemic. There also is the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act; The county health system could lose about $1.4 billion should the ACA be dismantled.