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Doctor urges Will County not to cut maternal-health and communicable-disease funding
Summary
At the finance committee meeting, Dr. Gary Lipinski of the free clinic urged the committee to preserve maternal-health and communicable-disease funding, warning cuts would worsen outcomes for Black women; the committee later amended the health department levy to $12 million.
During the public-comment period of the Will County Finance Committee meeting, Dr. Gary Lipinski, medical director of the free clinic and a member of the Will County Health Board, urged committee members not to cut funding for maternal-health programs and communicable-disease work. "We have made a lot of progress in Will County…
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