To deal with the “seepage” problem, Mrs. Obama helped create the so-called “South Side Health Collaborative” (later known as the “Urban Health Initiative”). This program aimed to reduce the number of non-paying patients utilizing University of Chicago Medical Center’s emergency room. And it did so by instituting a highly selective program that redirects poor patients to other medical facilities with decidedly less advanced technology – not to mention, less prestigious clientele — than UCMC.
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