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Stroger's health board picks praised :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Cook County Board President Todd Stroger says his nine choices to sit on a new county hospital board represent " the cultural, gender and racial diversity of our county. (article 6)
The kind of board that would give confidence to taxpayers that the nearly $1 billion each year going to county health care is money well spent. (article 7)
Those charges were made Wednesday by Public Defender Ed Burnette, who is fighting to keep a job he was appointed to five years ago by Stroger's father , John Stroger. (article 14)
For decades, the Cook County hospital system has been crippled by politics doctors, administrators, funding and programs have long needed the approval of political overseers before becoming part of the structure. (article 4)
Stroger originally agreed to appoint an independent health-care board to oversee the county's nearly $1 billion health-care system, in exchange for a sales tax increase of more than $400 million a year. (article 10)
In expanding the board, commissioners said they hoped to draw more business and health care leaders as nominees, adding balance to the health panel. (article 2)
Andrea Zopp, Jorge Ramirez, Quin Golden David Carvalho and Heather O'Donnell were approved by the board but it took two votes of the board for O'Donnell to be approved. (article 1)
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Stroger, Burnette, Board, County, Cook |
Source articles
- 6 Stroger nominees OK'd for hospital board :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 246 words)
- Hospital board grows to 11 for balance :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 266 words)
- Ex-hospital chief back as consultant :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 289 words)
- Political donors in line to run health system :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 493 words)
- Stroger's health board picks praised :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 267 words)
- Hospital board slights suburbs :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 377 words)
- More clout-rageous decisions by Stroger :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 285 words)
- More cloutrageous choices :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 255 words)
- Editorial: County health board choices are critical :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 429 words)
- Health board needs a real rabble rouser :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 408 words)
- Court clears way for Stroger to oust public defend... (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 178 words)
- Stroger closer to firing county public defender... (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 238 words)
- Hearing on public defender's job postponed :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 164 words)
- Public defender: Stroger's appointments unqualified :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 334 words)
- Public defender's ouster blocked :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 275 words)
- Judge: Stroger can't remove public defender :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 218 words)
- Stellar public servant should need no defense :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 387 words)
- Stroger looking to hire PR employee :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: The Watchdogs (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 326 words)
- Want to polish your image, Todd? Just do a good jo... (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 337 words)
- Stroger wants staff to keep quiet :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (suntimes.com, 05/19/2008, 254 words)
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