Health coverage for millions of people is on the line as the federal government can not get on the same page on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year.
If subsidies expire, premiums for Marketplace coverage will become more expensive, even double in price. Providers that serve primarily uninsured, Medicaid and other vulnerable patients will bear the brunt of this change.
In the Loop hears from leaders of local safety net hospitals about how they’re continuing to provide healthcare to Chicagoans who are most vulnerable.
GUESTS: Tesa Anewishki, president and CEO, Loretto Hospital
Dr. Ngozi Ezike, president and CEO, Sinai Chicago; former director, Illinois Department of Public Health