Separate from the $200 million drop in tax revenue, Cook County Health and Hospital System, which operates Stroger and Provident hospitals, also has been seeing financial damage. A 43% decline in patient fees was reported since mid-March, and the system is expected to lose about $60 million to $75 million from such revenues should the coronavirus’s economic pressure last through June.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.