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Peoria-based OSF HealthCare, which operates numerous downstate hospitals, as well as Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park, announced cost-cutting measures April 7, starting with reduced pay for executives. But the planned cuts also include unpaid leaves of absence, reduced retirement plan contributions, mandatory paid time off and a hiring freeze on certain positions.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
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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.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
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Summary and audio linked here.
Solution: institute mandatory national draft to medical corps. Every American should work at some position in a hospital or long term care facility for at least one year in some capacity: nurse assistant, laundry, kitchen, housekeeping.
This would help solve many critical problems of staffing shortages and high costs, and give Americans a better understanding of what “healthcare ” is and is not.
Is there unpaid leave in the public union sector like teachers/administrators/etc. I doubt it. More like raises and bonuses and probably more are considering earlier retirement. Remember public contracts are SACROSANCT but not for us.